Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Personal & Household Goods and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 gained 0.95%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Carlsberg A/S B (CSE:CARLb), which rose 4.65% or 39.40 points to trade at 887.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Royal Unibrew A/S (CSE:RBREW) added 4.40% or 26.20 points to end at 622.00 and DSV Panalpina A/S (CSE:DSV) was up 3.11% or 30.90 points to 1,025.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were AP Moeller - Maersk A/S A (CSE:MAERSKa), which fell 1.31% or 240.00 points to trade at 18,100.00 at the close. AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CSE:MAERSKb) declined 1.27% or 235.00 points to end at 18,320.00 and Rockwool International B (CSE:ROCKb) was down 0.69% or 12.50 points to 1,788.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 75 to 68 and 23 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 1.06% or 1.26 to $117.67 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.68% or 0.83 to hit $120.34 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.46% or 8.35 to trade at $1,821.85 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.11% to 7.15, while EUR/DKK unchanged 0.01% to 7.44.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 105.20.