Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Chemicals, Oil & Gas and Personal & Household Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 rose 0.39%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Lundbeck A/S (CO:LUN), which rose 3.68% or 14.5 points to trade at 408.9 at the close. Meanwhile, AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CO:MAERSKb) added 2.10% or 164 points to end at 7960 and Ambu A/S (CO:AMBUb) was up 2.08% or 2.6 points to 127.4 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Novozymes A/S B (CO:NZYMb), which fell 6.95% or 22.2 points to trade at 297.2 at the close. Genmab (CO:GEN) declined 5.06% or 43.8 points to end at 821.8 and Danske Bank A/S (CO:DANSKE) was down 0.75% or 0.9 points to 125.7.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 74 to 50 and 12 ended unchanged.
Shares in Genmab (CO:GEN) fell to 52-week lows; losing 5.06% or 43.8 to 821.8. Shares in Danske Bank A/S (CO:DANSKE) fell to 3-years lows; losing 0.75% or 0.9 to 125.7.
Crude oil for December delivery was up 1.78% or 1.18 to $67.61 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 1.28% or 0.98 to hit $77.42 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.15% or 1.90 to trade at $1231.50 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.67% to 6.5472, while EUR/DKK rose 0.01% to 7.4609.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.41% at 96.11.