Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Healthcare and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 rose 0.40% to hit a new 52-week high.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were DSV Panalpina A/S (CSE:DSV), which rose 3.04% or 34.50 points to trade at 1,169.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Coloplast A/S (CSE:COLOb) added 2.34% or 19.80 points to end at 865.40 and Ambu A/S (CSE:AMBUb) was up 1.62% or 1.70 points to 106.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Royal Unibrew A/S (CSE:RBREW), which fell 4.46% or 22.70 points to trade at 486.00 at the close. Orsted A/S (CSE:ORSTED) declined 2.34% or 16.50 points to end at 688.10 and Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CSE:VWS) was down 1.54% or 3.30 points to 210.60.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 76 to 73 and 19 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 1.70% or 1.37 to $81.82 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 1.37% or 1.18 to hit $87.10 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.02% or 0.35 to trade at $1,910.25 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.25% to 6.88, while EUR/DKK unchanged 0.02% to 7.44.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.24% at 101.90.