Investing.com – Denmark equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Personal & Household Goods and Software & Computer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 rose 0.12% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CO:VWS), which rose 1.41% or 6.2 points to trade at 447.4 at the close. DSV (CO:DSV) added 0.93% or 2.9 points to end at 315.2 and Pandora A/S (CO:PNDORA) was up 0.78% or 7.0 points to 910.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included GN Store Nord (CO:GN), which lost 1.35% or 2.0 points to trade at 146.6 in late trade. Nets A/S (CO:NETS) declined 1.19% or 1.50 points to end at 124.50 and Jyske Bank A/S (CO:JYSK) shed 0.74% or 2.5 points to 336.3.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 71 to 47 and 20 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.48% or 0.26 to $54.16 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.39% or 0.22 to hit $57.05 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.04% or 0.45 to trade at $1139.25 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.72% to 7.1613, while EUR/DKK fell 0.02% to 7.4336.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.50% at 103.51.