Investing.com – Denmark equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Healthcare, Oil & Gas and Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 added 0.69%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Tryg A/S (CO:TRYG), which rose 3.19% or 3.9 points to trade at 126.2 at the close. Novozymes B (CO:NZYMb) added 1.55% or 4.5 points to end at 295.3 and Chr. Hansen Holding A/S (CO:CHRH) was up 1.24% or 5.4 points to 442.3 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ISS A/S (CO:ISS), which lost 2.95% or 7.80 points to trade at 256.20 in late trade. GN Store Nord (CO:GN) declined 2.55% or 3.5 points to end at 133.6 and FLSmidth & Co. (CO:FLS) shed 1.76% or 4.7 points to 262.9.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 86 to 55 and 23 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 5.15% or 1.85 to $37.74 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 5.20% or 1.97 to hit $39.84 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.38% or 4.70 to trade at $1224.90 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.34% to 6.5160, while EUR/DKK rose 0.00% to 7.4436.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.30% at 94.33.