Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Healthcare, Oil & Gas and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 added 0.03%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Carlsberg A/S B (CO:CARLb), which rose 2.45% or 15.5 points to trade at 647.5 at the close. Meanwhile, Genmab (CO:GEN) added 1.78% or 25.0 points to end at 1427.0 and Lundbeck A/S (CO:LUN) was up 0.66% or 2.1 points to 322.1 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pandora A/S (CO:PNDORA), which fell 2.06% or 16.0 points to trade at 760.5 at the close. AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CO:MAERSKb) declined 1.23% or 140 points to end at 11280 and Nets A/S (CO:NETS) was down 1.09% or 1.20 points to 108.80.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 63 to 56 and 15 ended unchanged.
Shares in Lundbeck A/S (CO:LUN) rose to all time highs; gaining 0.66% or 2.1 to 322.1.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 2.05% or 0.99 to $49.36 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 1.87% or 0.96 to hit $52.38 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.36% or 4.55 to trade at $1251.05 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.55% to 6.9183, while EUR/DKK fell 0.01% to 7.4398.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.39% at 99.92.