Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Healthcare, Software & Computer Services and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 added 0.81% to hit a new all time high.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were GN Store Nord (CSE:GN), which rose 2.79% or 14.4 points to trade at 529.8 at the close. Meanwhile, Coloplast A/S (CSE:COLOb) added 1.36% or 13.2 points to end at 981.4 and Ambu A/S (CSE:AMBUb) was up 2.72% or 6.4 points to 241.7 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Orsted A/S (CSE:ORSTED), which fell 1.06% or 9.20 points to trade at 857.60 at the close. Rockwool International B (CSE:ROCKb) declined 1.00% or 31 points to end at 3058 and Demant A/S (CSE:DEMANT) was down 1.55% or 5.4 points to 343.2.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 79 to 66 and 14 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.20% or 0.14 to $69.91 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.03% or 0.02 to hit $72.20 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.00% or 0.05 to trade at $1894.35 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.10% to 6.1021, while EUR/DKK rose 0.03% to 7.4363.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.00% at 90.078.