Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Healthcare, Consumer Services and Personal & Household Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 added 0.51% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were GN Store Nord (CO:GN), which rose 1.95% or 3.9 points to trade at 204.2 at the close. Meanwhile, Lundbeck A/S (CO:LUN) added 1.67% or 5.2 points to end at 317.2 and DSV (CO:DSV) was up 1.37% or 6.7 points to 494.4 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CO:VWS), which fell 1.45% or 6.4 points to trade at 433.6 at the close. Oersted A/S (CO:ORSTED) declined 1.24% or 4.20 points to end at 333.80 and AP Moeller - Maersk A/S A (CO:MAERSKa) was down 0.57% or 60 points to 10420.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 81 to 46 and 14 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 1.74% or 1.05 to $61.42 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 1.56% or 1.04 to hit $67.61 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.17% or 2.30 to trade at $1318.40 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.28% to 6.1902, while EUR/DKK rose 0.02% to 7.4448.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 91.80.