Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Healthcare, Oil & Gas and Real Estate sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 gained 0.69%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Tryg A/S (CO:TRYG), which rose 3.19% or 3.9 points to trade at 126.2 at the close. Meanwhile, Novozymes B (CO:NZYMb) added 1.55% or 4.5 points to end at 295.3 and Chr. Hansen Holding A/S (CO:CHRH) was up 1.24% or 5.4 points to 442.3 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ISS A/S (CO:ISS), which fell 2.95% or 7.80 points to trade at 256.20 at the close. GN Store Nord (CO:GN) declined 2.55% or 3.5 points to end at 133.6 and FLSmidth & Co. (CO:FLS) was down 1.76% or 4.7 points to 262.9.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 86 to 55 and 23 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 5.15% or 1.85 to $37.74 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 5.20% or 1.97 to hit $39.84 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.37% or 4.60 to trade at $1225.00 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.34% to 6.5162, while EUR/DKK rose 0.00% to 7.4436.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.30% at 94.33.