Investing.com – Denmark equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Healthcare and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 rose 1.71% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Novo Nordisk A/S B (CO:NOVOb), which rose 3.51% or 12.8 points to trade at 377.2 at the close. Nordea Bank AB (CO:NDA) added 3.40% or 2.15 points to end at 65.45 and Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CO:VWS) was up 3.31% or 14.9 points to 464.9 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Genmab (CO:GEN), which lost 1.95% or 24.0 points to trade at 1205.0 in late trade. DSV (CO:DSV) declined 1.64% or 5.0 points to end at 300.5 and A.P. Moller - Maersk B (CO:MAERSKb) shed 1.43% or 125 points to 8615.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 99 to 54 and 14 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.68% or 0.33 to $48.95 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 1.11% or 0.54 to hit $49.15 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.63% or 7.70 to trade at $1221.50 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.12% to 6.6669, while EUR/DKK fell 0.01% to 7.4360.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.13% at 95.47.