Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Real Estate, Industrials and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 added 0.81%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Genmab (CO:GEN), which rose 5.60% or 53.8 points to trade at 1014.0 at the close. Meanwhile, DSV (CO:DSV) added 2.90% or 15.0 points to end at 532.0 and AP Moeller - Maersk A/S A (CO:MAERSKa) was up 2.00% or 170 points to 8690 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CO:VWS), which fell 1.82% or 7.6 points to trade at 410.0 at the close. Danske Bank A/S (CO:DANSKE) declined 1.00% or 2.1 points to end at 208.7 and Pandora A/S (CO:PNDORA) was down 0.25% or 1.2 points to 484.8.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 72 to 44 and 19 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.28% or 0.18 to $65.08 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 1.19% or 0.89 to hit $74.19 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.26% or 3.30 to trade at $1275.30 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.01% to 6.4310, while EUR/DKK fell 0.00% to 7.4535.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 94.67.