Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Chemicals and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 rose 0.81% to hit a new all time high.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Ambu A/S (CSE:AMBUb), which rose 4.97% or 8.0 points to trade at 169.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CSE:VWS) added 2.59% or 18.0 points to end at 712.4 and GN Store Nord (CSE:GN) was up 2.50% or 10.0 points to 410.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ISS A/S (CSE:ISS), which fell 2.57% or 4.30 points to trade at 162.85 at the close. Genmab (CSE:GMAB) declined 1.86% or 31.0 points to end at 1634.0 and Pandora A/S (CSE:PNDORA) was down 1.00% or 3.4 points to 335.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 82 to 51 and 23 ended unchanged.
Shares in GN Store Nord (CSE:GN) rose to all time highs; up 2.50% or 10.0 to 410.0.
Crude oil for April delivery was up 2.52% or 1.32 to $53.61 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 2.75% or 1.59 to hit $59.34 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.41% or 6.55 to trade at $1610.15 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.00% to 6.9204, while EUR/DKK rose 0.01% to 7.4685.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.25% at 99.582.