Investing.com – Denmark equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Personal & Household Goods and Software & Computer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 rose 0.74%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Chr. Hansen Holding A/S (CO:CHRH), which rose 5.10% or 19.8 points to trade at 408.4 at the close. AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CO:MAERSKb) added 1.98% or 230 points to end at 11870 and Pandora A/S (CO:PNDORA) was up 1.96% or 17.0 points to 883.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Carlsberg A/S B (CO:CARLb), which lost 0.49% or 3.0 points to trade at 607.5 in late trade. Jyske Bank A/S (CO:JYSK) declined 0.37% or 1.2 points to end at 327.0 and Danske Bank A/S (CO:DANSKE) shed 0.23% or 0.5 points to 218.1.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 76 to 48 and 15 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 3.23% or 1.64 to $52.46 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 3.28% or 1.76 to hit $55.40 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.00% or 0.05 to trade at $1185.45 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.22% to 7.0587, while EUR/DKK rose 0.00% to 7.4339.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.16% at 102.17.