Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Personal & Household Goods and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 gained 0.83%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Royal Unibrew A/S (CSE:RBREW), which rose 2.93% or 16.40 points to trade at 576.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Chr Hansen Holding A/S (CSE:CHRH) added 2.42% or 12.10 points to end at 512.00 and Novozymes A/S B (CSE:NZYMb) was up 2.02% or 6.90 points to 347.70 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ambu A/S (CSE:AMBUb), which fell 2.53% or 2.56 points to trade at 98.60 at the close. Bavarian Nordic (CSE:BAVA) declined 1.80% or 3.30 points to end at 180.20 and Danske Bank A/S (CSE:DANSKE) was down 1.07% or 1.55 points to 143.80.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 91 to 62 and 16 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 1.26% or 0.88 to $70.55 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 1.27% or 0.96 to hit $76.28 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.55% or 10.65 to trade at $1,951.75 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.18% to 6.90, while EUR/DKK unchanged 0.02% to 7.45.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 102.80.