Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Healthcare and Software & Computer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 gained 1.46%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Lundbeck A/S (CSE:LUN), which rose 4.23% or 11.8 points to trade at 290.8 at the close. Meanwhile, Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CSE:VWS) added 3.48% or 23.2 points to end at 689.0 and Ambu A/S (CSE:AMBUb) was up 3.07% or 3.6 points to 121.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tryg A/S (CSE:TRYG), which fell 0.49% or 1.0 points to trade at 203.0 at the close. Novozymes A/S B (CSE:NZYMb) declined 0.20% or 0.7 points to end at 350.0 and ISS A/S (CSE:ISS) was down 0.06% or 0.10 points to 169.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 87 to 39 and 28 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.54% or 0.29 to $53.19 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.09% or 0.05 to hit $58.76 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.04% or 0.55 to trade at $1569.25 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.20% to 6.7928, while EUR/DKK rose 0.03% to 7.4728.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 97.955.