Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Chemicals, Healthcare and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 added 1.11% to hit a new 3-months high.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Genmab (CSE:GMAB), which rose 4.29% or 80.5 points to trade at 1958.5 at the close. Meanwhile, Ambu A/S (CSE:AMBUb) added 3.84% or 8.2 points to end at 221.7 and Chr. Hansen Holding A/S (CSE:CHRH) was up 3.79% or 24.2 points to 662.6 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ISS A/S (CSE:ISS), which fell 5.07% or 6.25 points to trade at 116.95 at the close. Pandora A/S (CSE:PNDORA) declined 2.75% or 9.7 points to end at 342.7 and Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CSE:VWS) was down 2.39% or 17.2 points to 702.8.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 68 to 66 and 15 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.28% or 0.11 to $38.83 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.51% or 0.21 to hit $40.97 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.16% or 2.80 to trade at $1724.70 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.15% to 6.5648, while EUR/DKK rose 0.04% to 7.4569.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 96.177.