Investing.com – Denmark equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Healthcare, Software & Computer Services and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 rose 0.79%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Oersted A/S (CO:ORSTED), which rose 2.35% or 9.00 points to trade at 392.00 at the close. Coloplast A/S (CO:COLOb) added 1.92% or 9.6 points to end at 510.6 and Carlsberg A/S B (CO:CARLb) was up 1.58% or 11.2 points to 720.8 in late trade.
Biggest losers included FLSmidth & Co. (CO:FLS), which lost 1.69% or 6.7 points to trade at 388.7 in late trade. Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CO:VWS) declined 1.51% or 6.6 points to end at 429.8 and Nordea Bank AB (CO:NDA) shed 1.44% or 0.92 points to 63.12.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 72 to 41 and 28 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 1.75% or 1.14 to $64.11 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 1.47% or 1.02 to hit $68.44 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 1.15% or 15.50 to trade at $1326.50 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.50% to 6.0350, while EUR/DKK rose 0.03% to 7.4525.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.54% at 89.44.