Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Technology, Software & Computer Services and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 gained 1.26%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were GN Store Nord (CO:GN), which rose 5.06% or 12.3 points to trade at 255.6 at the close. Meanwhile, Ambu A/S (CO:AMBUb) added 3.83% or 6.0 points to end at 162.6 and DSV (CO:DSV) was up 2.87% or 12.3 points to 441.5 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Genmab (CO:GEN), which fell 4.03% or 43.0 points to trade at 1024.5 at the close. Oersted A/S (CO:ORSTED) declined 1.74% or 7.60 points to end at 428.10 and Novozymes A/S B (CO:NZYMb) was down 0.96% or 2.8 points to 288.1.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 92 to 37 and 15 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 4.01% or 1.82 to $47.23 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 3.51% or 1.89 to hit $55.69 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.49% or 6.30 to trade at $1287.60 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 1.03% to 6.5792, while EUR/DKK rose 0.04% to 7.4672.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.67% at 96.373.