Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Consumer Goods and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 rose 1.58% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CSE:VWS), which rose 5.68% or 10.80 points to trade at 200.90 at the close. Meanwhile, Genmab (CSE:GMAB) added 2.99% or 72.00 points to end at 2,480.00 and Orsted A/S (CSE:ORSTED) was up 2.80% or 22.40 points to 822.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Rockwool International B (CSE:ROCKb), which fell 3.54% or 85.00 points to trade at 2,313.00 at the close. Pandora A/S (CSE:PNDORA) declined 1.08% or 7.20 points to end at 656.40 and Chr Hansen Holding A/S (CSE:CHRH) was down 1.05% or 5.20 points to 491.10.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 75 to 74 and 20 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 3.32% or 3.46 to $107.70 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 3.44% or 3.70 to hit $111.41 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 1.10% or 21.00 to trade at $1,933.20 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.68% to 6.66, while EUR/DKK unchanged 0.02% to 7.44.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.61% at 97.84.