Investing.com – Denmark equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Chemicals, Oil & Gas and Personal & Household Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 added 0.15% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Lundbeck A/S (CO:LUN), which rose 3.47% or 10.4 points to trade at 310.0 at the close. Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CO:VWS) added 1.52% or 6.6 points to end at 439.5 and Novozymes A/S B (CO:NZYMb) was up 1.33% or 4.7 points to 357.5 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Danske Bank A/S (CO:DANSKE), which lost 0.94% or 2.3 points to trade at 242.7 in late trade. Nordea Bank AB (CO:NDA) declined 0.85% or 0.65 points to end at 75.85 and Coloplast A/S (CO:COLOb) shed 0.70% or 3.5 points to 499.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 71 to 55 and 17 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.70% or 0.42 to $59.55 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.83% or 0.55 to hit $65.91 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.26% or 3.40 to trade at $1290.90 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.35% to 6.2563, while EUR/DKK rose 0.01% to 7.4451.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.27% at 92.59.