Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Real Estate, Oil & Gas and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 gained 0.97%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Oersted A/S (CSE:ORSTED), which rose 5.49% or 39.40 points to trade at 757.40 at the close. Meanwhile, Novo Nordisk A/S Class B (CSE:NOVOb) added 2.13% or 8.9 points to end at 428.2 and Ambu A/S (CSE:AMBUb) was up 1.89% or 3.0 points to 158.9 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ISS A/S (CSE:ISS), which fell 4.88% or 5.90 points to trade at 115.00 at the close. GN Store Nord (CSE:GN) declined 3.35% or 12.9 points to end at 372.7 and Simcorp A/S (CSE:SIM) was down 2.21% or 15.0 points to 662.5.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 69 to 65 and 15 ended unchanged.
Shares in ISS A/S (CSE:ISS) fell to all time lows; losing 4.88% or 5.90 to 115.00.
Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.02% or 0.01 to $47.17 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.50% or 0.26 to hit $51.60 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.06% or 1.05 to trade at $1643.35 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.45% to 6.7178, while EUR/DKK rose 0.03% to 7.4729.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.31% at 97.427.