Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Real Estate, Healthcare and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 rose 0.78%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Ambu A/S (CSE:AMBUb), which rose 4.43% or 7.6 points to trade at 179.2 at the close. Meanwhile, Genmab (CSE:GMAB) added 2.78% or 71.0 points to end at 2629.0 and AP Moeller - Maersk A/S A (CSE:MAERSKa) was up 2.72% or 520 points to 19640 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pandora A/S (CSE:PNDORA), which fell 2.21% or 19.6 points to trade at 868.6 at the close. Danske Bank A/S (CSE:DANSKE) declined 1.08% or 1.2 points to end at 114.5 and Orsted A/S (CSE:ORSTED) was down 1.00% or 8.40 points to 835.60.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 77 to 72 and 19 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.58% or 0.42 to $72.47 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.49% or 0.37 to hit $75.81 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.09% or 1.65 to trade at $1783.05 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.58% to 6.5615, while EUR/DKK rose 0.03% to 7.4363.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.40% at 95.985.