Investing.com – Denmark equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Chemicals, Personal & Household Goods and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 gained 0.77%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were A.P. Moller - Maersk A (CO:MAERSKa), which rose 2.70% or 205 points to trade at 7795 at the close. Jyske Bank A/S (CO:JYSK) added 2.56% or 6.4 points to end at 256.2 and A.P. Moller - Maersk B (CO:MAERSKb) was up 2.10% or 165 points to 8040 in late trade.
Biggest losers included DSV (CO:DSV), which added 0.04% or 0.1 points to trade at 276.6 in late trade. William Demant Holding AS (CO:WDH) added 0.08% or 0.1 points to end at 131.4 and ISS A/S (CO:ISS) gained 0.16% or 0.40 points to 250.40.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 112 to 40 and 15 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.68% or 0.33 to $48.16 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 1.28% or 0.64 to hit $49.19 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.07% or 0.85 to trade at $1287.25 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.28% to 6.6156, while EUR/DKK rose 0.00% to 7.4355.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.20% at 94.84.