Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Chemicals, Oil & Gas and Software & Computer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 gained 0.75% to hit a new all time high.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CSE:VWS), which rose 2.78% or 6.6 points to trade at 244.4 at the close. Meanwhile, Orsted A/S (CSE:ORSTED) added 2.37% or 23.00 points to end at 995.00 and Carlsberg A/S B (CSE:CARLb) was up 2.26% or 25.0 points to 1132.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ambu A/S (CSE:AMBUb), which fell 5.93% or 12.5 points to trade at 198.4 at the close. Pandora A/S (CSE:PNDORA) declined 3.45% or 29.0 points to end at 811.0 and Coloplast A/S (CSE:COLOb) was down 2.68% or 30.5 points to 1107.5.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 82 to 69 and 17 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.14% or 0.09 to $66.25 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.04% or 0.03 to hit $69.06 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.26% or 4.65 to trade at $1783.15 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.10% to 6.3561, while EUR/DKK rose 0.00% to 7.4366.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 93.222.