Investing.com – Denmark equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Copenhagen Consumer Goods, Copenhagen Industrials and Copenhagen Health Care sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 added 0.13% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were ISS A/S (CSE:ISS), which rose 3.20% or 5.40 points to trade at 173.90 at the close. Genmab (CSE:GMAB) added 2.69% or 36.00 points to end at 1,375.00 and Zealand Pharma A/S (CSE:ZELA) was up 1.94% or 8.20 points to 430.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Oersted AS (CSE:ORSTED), which fell 5.65% or 15.90 points to trade at 265.70 in late trade. Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CSE:VWS) declined 3.14% or 3.50 points to end at 107.80 and Ambu A/S (CSE:AMBUb) down 0.96% or 1.00 points to 103.30.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones by 63 to 56 and 27 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
Shares in ISS A/S (CSE:ISS) rose to 5-year highs; rising 3.20% or 5.40 to 173.90.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.34% or 0.21 to $61.82 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.38% or 0.25 to hit $65.13 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.87% or 28.70 to trade at $3,313.30 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.51% to 6.58, while EUR/DKK unchanged 0.05% to 7.46.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.64% at 99.33.