Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Chemicals, Oil & Gas and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 gained 1.51%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CSE:VWS), which rose 4.82% or 4.60 points to trade at 99.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Oersted AS (CSE:ORSTED) added 4.78% or 14.10 points to end at 309.00 and NKT Holding (CSE:NKT) was up 2.98% or 14.70 points to 508.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Genmab (CSE:GMAB), which fell 5.68% or 89.50 points to trade at 1,485.50 at the close. DSV Panalpina A/S (CSE:DSV) declined 0.78% or 11.50 points to end at 1,471.50 and ISS A/S (CSE:ISS) was 0.00% or 0.00 points to 129.20.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 86 to 48 and 21 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 2.49% or 1.90 to $78.27 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 2.05% or 1.64 to hit $81.56 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.80% or 21.49 to trade at $2,703.79 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.35% to 7.26, while EUR/DKK unchanged 0.01% to 7.46.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 109.14.