Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Personal & Household Goods, Oil & Gas and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 rose 0.48%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Pandora A/S (CO:PNDORA), which rose 4.32% or 11.9 points to trade at 287.5 at the close. Meanwhile, Ambu A/S (CO:AMBUb) added 1.15% or 1.8 points to end at 159.0 and DSV (CO:DSV) was up 1.10% or 5.8 points to 532.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were GN Store Nord (CO:GN), which fell 2.52% or 7.3 points to trade at 282.7 at the close. William Demant Holding AS (CO:WDH) declined 1.22% or 2.6 points to end at 210.0 and Oersted A/S (CO:ORSTED) was down 0.86% or 4.00 points to 461.10.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 59 to 53 and 34 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 2.64% or 1.41 to $54.72 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 1.72% or 1.05 to hit $62.25 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.09% or 1.20 to trade at $1310.10 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.11% to 6.5367, while EUR/DKK rose 0.02% to 7.4645.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 95.593.