Investing.com – Denmark equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Copenhagen Consumer Goods, OMX Copenhagen Personal & Household Goods PI and Copenhagen Health Care sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 added 0.55% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Novozymes A/S B (CSE:NSISb), which rose 1.30% or 5.40 points to trade at 422.00 at the close. NKT Holding (CSE:NKT) added 1.19% or 6.00 points to end at 509.50 and Pandora A/S (CSE:PNDORA) was up 1.11% or 14.00 points to 1,276.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CSE:VWS), which fell 2.50% or 2.50 points to trade at 98.30 in late trade. Oersted AS (CSE:ORSTED) declined 2.11% or 7.60 points to end at 353.00 and Genmab (CSE:GMAB) down 1.32% or 20.50 points to 1,536.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones by 67 to 65 and 20 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
Shares in Pandora A/S (CSE:PNDORA) rose to all time highs; up 1.11% or 14.00 to 1,276.50.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.52% or 1.04 to $69.63 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 1.11% or 0.80 to hit $72.99 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 1.23% or 33.56 to trade at $2,751.96 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.34% to 7.11, while EUR/DKK unchanged 0.00% to 7.46.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 106.36.