Investing.com – Denmark equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Healthcare, Oil & Gas and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 added 0.03%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Carlsberg A/S B (CO:CARLb), which rose 2.45% or 15.5 points to trade at 647.5 at the close. Genmab (CO:GEN) added 1.78% or 25.0 points to end at 1427.0 and Lundbeck A/S (CO:LUN) was up 0.66% or 2.1 points to 322.1 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Pandora A/S (CO:PNDORA), which lost 2.06% or 16.0 points to trade at 760.5 in late trade. AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CO:MAERSKb) declined 1.23% or 140 points to end at 11280 and Nets A/S (CO:NETS) shed 1.09% or 1.20 points to 108.80.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 63 to 56 and 15 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 2.05% or 0.99 to $49.36 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 1.87% or 0.96 to hit $52.38 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.36% or 4.55 to trade at $1251.05 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.55% to 6.9184, while EUR/DKK fell 0.01% to 7.4397.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.39% at 99.92.