Investing.com – Denmark equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Industrials, Real Estate and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 gained 0.17% to hit a new 6-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were ISS A/S (CO:ISS), which rose 4.04% or 10.70 points to trade at 275.70 at the close. Nets A/S (CO:NETS) added 2.70% or 3.00 points to end at 114.10 and Jyske Bank A/S (CO:JYSK) was up 1.65% or 5.8 points to 357.6 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Genmab (CO:GEN), which lost 2.48% or 32.0 points to trade at 1257.0 in late trade. Pandora A/S (CO:PNDORA) declined 1.64% or 12.0 points to end at 718.0 and Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CO:VWS) shed 0.96% or 5.5 points to 567.5.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 78 to 42 and 16 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.43% or 0.22 to $51.25 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.54% or 0.29 to hit $54.46 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.74% or 9.35 to trade at $1249.05 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.18% to 6.9799, while EUR/DKK fell 0.01% to 7.4358.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 100.58.