Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Chemicals, Healthcare and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 added 1.13%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Ambu A/S (CSE:AMBUb), which rose 2.76% or 7.4 points to trade at 275.9 at the close. Meanwhile, Chr Hansen Holding A/S (CSE:CHRH) added 2.62% or 14.0 points to end at 548.6 and ISS A/S (CSE:ISS) was up 2.59% or 3.10 points to 122.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were GN Store Nord (CSE:GN), which fell 1.03% or 4.8 points to trade at 460.2 at the close. Orsted A/S (CSE:ORSTED) declined 0.62% or 6.00 points to end at 955.80 and Pandora A/S (CSE:PNDORA) was up 0.03% or 0.2 points to 646.2.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 88 to 50 and 18 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.20% or 0.13 to $63.88 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.13% or 0.09 to hit $67.43 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.21% or 3.65 to trade at $1720.55 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.12% to 6.2412, while EUR/DKK rose 0.03% to 7.4372.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 91.903.