Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the rose 1.18%.
The best performers of the session on the were Novo Nordisk A/S Class B (CSE:), which rose 2.77% or 16.70 points to trade at 619.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Zealand Pharma A/S (CSE:) added 1.05% or 7.50 points to end at 720.00 and Coloplast A/S (CSE:) was up 0.94% or 7.40 points to 793.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CSE:), which fell 7.40% or 7.70 points to trade at 96.70 at the close. Oersted AS (CSE:) declined 5.78% or 19.10 points to end at 311.50 and NKT Holding (CSE:) was down 2.63% or 13.50 points to 500.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 94 to 36 and 18 ended unchanged.
Shares in Oersted AS (CSE:) fell to 52-week lows; falling 5.78% or 19.10 to 311.50.
Crude oil for February delivery was down 1.05% or 0.78 to $73.47 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 1.04% or 0.80 to hit $76.25 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.63% or 16.75 to trade at $2,682.15 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.38% to 7.24, while EUR/DKK unchanged 0.03% to 7.46.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.52% at 108.94.
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