Denmark stocks higher at close of trade; OMX Copenhagen 20 up 0.55%

Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer Goods , Personal & Household Goods and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 added 0.55% to hit a new 1-month high.

The best performers 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. Meanwhile, 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.

The worst performers of the session were Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CSE:VWS ), which fell 2.50% or 2.50 points to trade at 98.30 at the close. Oersted AS (CSE:ORSTED ) declined 2.11% or 7.60 points to end at 353.00 and Genmab (CSE:GMAB ) was down 1.32% or 20.50 points to 1,536.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 67 to 65 and 20 ended unchanged.

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 1.56% or 1.07 to $69.66 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 1.16% or 0.84 to hit $73.03 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 1.27% or 34.44 to trade at $2,752.84 a troy ounce.

USD/DKK was up 0.34% to 7.11, while EUR/DKK unchanged 0.01% to 7.46.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 106.36.

Source: Investing.com