Investing.com – Denmark equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Software & Computer Services, Technology and Personal & Household Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 added 0.56% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Pandora A/S (CO:PNDORA), which rose 2.03% or 17.0 points to trade at 855.0 at the close. Genmab (CO:GEN) added 2.02% or 18.0 points to end at 909.5 and ISS A/S (CO:ISS) was up 1.37% or 3.40 points to 250.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included A.P. Moller - Maersk B (CO:MAERSKb), which lost 3.16% or 340 points to trade at 10430 in late trade. A.P. Moller - Maersk A (CO:MAERSKa) declined 3.04% or 320 points to end at 10220 and Coloplast A/S (CO:COLOb) shed 2.25% or 13.0 points to 566.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 83 to 77 and 10 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 3.68% or 1.54 to $40.31 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 3.14% or 1.40 to hit $43.05 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 1.28% or 13.60 to trade at $1049.90 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.66% to 7.0622, while EUR/DKK fell 0.01% to 7.4594.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.58% at 100.46.