Investing.com – Denmark equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Personal & Household Goods, Oil & Gas and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 added 0.41%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Chr. Hansen Holding A/S (CO:CHRH), which rose 6.28% or 29.8 points to trade at 504.5 at the close. Pandora A/S (CO:PNDORA) added 2.71% or 17.5 points to end at 662.5 and Lundbeck A/S (CO:LUN) was up 1.92% or 7.1 points to 376.2 in late trade.
Biggest losers included AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CO:MAERSKb), which lost 0.61% or 80 points to trade at 13130 in late trade. AP Moeller - Maersk A/S A (CO:MAERSKa) declined 0.48% or 60 points to end at 12490 and ISS A/S (CO:ISS) shed 0.43% or 1.10 points to 255.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 77 to 43 and 17 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 3.51% or 1.65 to $45.42 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 2.96% or 1.47 to hit $48.14 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.34% or 4.20 to trade at $1223.40 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.11% to 6.5615, while EUR/DKK rose 0.01% to 7.4371.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 96.10.