Investing.com – Denmark equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Personal & Household Goods, Healthcare and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 added 1.01% to hit a new 6-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Novozymes A/S B (CO:NZYMb), which rose 4.79% or 13.8 points to trade at 302.2 at the close. Genmab (CO:GEN) added 3.80% or 50.0 points to end at 1367.0 and Nets A/S (CO:NETS) was up 3.22% or 3.90 points to 125.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included DSV (CO:DSV), which lost 1.10% or 4.2 points to trade at 377.0 in late trade. William Demant Holding AS (CO:WDH) declined 0.46% or 0.7 points to end at 152.9 and Danske Bank A/S (CO:DANSKE) shed 0.08% or 0.2 points to 242.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 77 to 40 and 22 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.36% or 0.18 to $49.74 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.15% or 0.08 to hit $52.49 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.14% or 1.83 to trade at $1265.37 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.49% to 6.8440, while EUR/DKK fell 0.01% to 7.4400.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.42% at 99.13.