Investing.com – Denmark equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Healthcare, Consumer Services and Personal & Household Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 added 0.51% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers 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. 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.
Biggest losers included Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CO:VWS), which lost 1.45% or 6.4 points to trade at 433.6 in late trade. 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) shed 0.57% or 60 points to 10420.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 81 to 46 and 14 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 1.74% or 1.05 to $61.42 a barrel. Meanwhile, 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.