Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Healthcare, Software & Computer Services and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 added 1.23%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Genmab (CO:GEN), which rose 2.46% or 34.0 points to trade at 1414.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Chr. Hansen Holding A/S (CO:CHRH) added 2.40% or 11.5 points to end at 490.2 and Novo Nordisk A/S B (CO:NOVOb) was up 2.20% or 6.0 points to 278.5 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Lundbeck A/S (CO:LUN), which fell 2.64% or 10.2 points to trade at 376.3 at the close. Pandora A/S (CO:PNDORA) declined 1.42% or 9.5 points to end at 658.0 and AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CO:MAERSKb) was down 1.00% or 140 points to 13800.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 77 to 38 and 18 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.40% or 0.63 to $45.67 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.97% or 0.46 to hit $47.98 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.47% or 5.66 to trade at $1220.36 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.50% to 6.5175, while EUR/DKK rose 0.02% to 7.4369.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 95.54.