Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Chemicals, Healthcare and Real Estate sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 gained 1.77% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Lundbeck A/S (CSE:LUN), which rose 4.63% or 9.3 points to trade at 210.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Novo Nordisk A/S Class B (CSE:NOVOb) added 4.21% or 17.9 points to end at 442.0 and Tryg A/S (CSE:TRYG) was up 2.01% or 3.7 points to 187.5 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ISS A/S (CSE:ISS), which fell 2.99% or 3.45 points to trade at 112.10 at the close. Novozymes A/S B (CSE:NZYMb) declined 0.84% or 2.9 points to end at 340.7 and Danske Bank A/S (CSE:DANSKE) was down 0.57% or 0.6 points to 97.7.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 90 to 50 and 13 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.38% or 0.18 to $47.44 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.16% or 0.08 to hit $50.68 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.17% or 3.15 to trade at $1858.45 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.13% to 6.1150, while EUR/DKK rose 0.02% to 7.4410.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 90.332.