Investing.com – Denmark equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Consumer Services and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 rose 0.29% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Chr. Hansen Holding A/S (COP:CHRH), which rose 1.69% or 5.5 points to trade at 331.5 at the close. Vestas Wind Systems (COP:VWS) added 1.14% or 3.5 points to end at 311.5 and Jyske Bank A/S (COP:JYSK) was up 0.91% or 2.7 points to 300.8 in late trade.
Biggest losers included GN Store Nord (COP:GN), which lost 4.00% or 6.1 points to trade at 146.3 in late trade. FLSmidth & Co. (COP:FLS) declined 2.73% or 8.6 points to end at 306.3 and Tryg A/S (COP:TRYG) shed 2.25% or 19.0 points to 827.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 92 to 72 and 5 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 5.80% or 3.13 to $50.85 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 4.48% or 2.65 to hit $56.45 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.59% or 7.10 to trade at $1203.50 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.08% to 6.9142, while EUR/DKK rose 0.03% to 7.4738.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.22% at 98.03.