COPENHAGEN: Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Personal & Household Goods, Oil & Gas and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 rose 0.41%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Chr. Hansen Holding A/S (CO:CHRH), which rose 6.28% or 29.8 points to trade at 504.5 at the close. Meanwhile, Pandora A/S (CO:PNDORA) added 2.71% or 17.5 points to end at 662.5 and Lundbeck A/S (CO:LUN) was up 1.92% or 7.1 points to 376.2 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were AP Moeller – Maersk A/S B (CO:MAERSKb), which fell 0.61% or 80 points to trade at 13130 at the close. AP Moeller – Maersk A/S A (CO:MAERSKa) declined 0.48% or 60 points to end at 12490 and ISS A/S (CO:ISS) was down 0.43% or 1.10 points to 255.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 77 to 43 and 17 ended unchanged.
Shares in Chr. Hansen Holding A/S (CO:CHRH) rose to all time highs; gaining 6.28% or 29.8 to 504.5.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 3.51% or 1.65 to $45.42 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 2.94% or 1.46 to hit $48.15 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.34% or 4.19 to trade at $1223.39 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.11% to 6.5615, while EUR/DKK rose 0.01% to 7.4371.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 96.10.
