Investing.com – Denmark equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Healthcare, Consumer Goods and Personal & Household Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 gained 0.06%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Genmab (CO:GEN), which rose 3.30% or 31.6 points to trade at 987.8 at the close. Lundbeck A/S (CO:LUN) added 2.44% or 10.6 points to end at 445.4 and GN Store Nord (CO:GN) was up 1.53% or 3.7 points to 245.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Jyske Bank A/S (CO:JYSK), which lost 0.89% or 3.1 points to trade at 345.9 in late trade. DSV (CO:DSV) declined 0.86% or 4.6 points to end at 528.6 and Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CO:VWS) shed 0.41% or 1.7 points to 411.5.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 56 to 56 and 17 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 2.11% or 1.41 to $68.14 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 2.58% or 1.95 to hit $77.44 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.10% or 1.30 to trade at $1300.30 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.98% to 6.3861, while EUR/DKK rose 0.02% to 7.4439.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.76% at 94.09.