Investing.com – Denmark equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Industrials, Real Estate and Software & Computer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 added 0.43%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Carlsberg A/S B (COP:CARLb), which rose 2.65% or 16.0 points to trade at 619.5 at the close. Jyske Bank A/S (COP:JYSK) added 2.28% or 7.1 points to end at 318.6 and COLOPLAST B (COP:COLOb) was up 2.22% or 12.5 points to 575.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tryg A/S (COP:TRYG), which lost 4.46% or 38.0 points to trade at 813.5 in late trade. Pandora A/S (COP:PNDORA) declined 1.41% or 9.5 points to end at 665.5 and Chr. Hansen Holding A/S (COP:CHRH) shed 0.65% or 2.3 points to 351.6.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 96 to 67 and 3 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 4.64% or 2.47 to $55.76 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 4.26% or 2.54 to hit $62.35 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.29% or 3.50 to trade at $1196.10 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.43% to 7.0399, while EUR/DKK fell 0.03% to 7.4671.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.15% at 99.16.