Stocks in Denmark ended the trading day higher on Wednesday, with gains concentrated in Healthcare, Oil & Gas and Consumer Goods names helping lift the benchmark.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 was up 3.13%.
Top performers
The strongest shares on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Novo Nordisk A/S Class B (CSE:NOVOb), which rose 6.03% or 14.00 points to finish at 245.50. NKT Holding (CSE:NKT) gained 4.94% or 38.00 points to close at 807.00, while Zealand Pharma A/S (CSE:ZELA) advanced 4.21% or 15.00 points to end the session at 371.50.
Lagging names
Not all large-cap names participated in the rally. AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CSE:MAERSKb) fell 1.96% or 340.00 points to close at 17,020.00. Carlsberg A/S B (CSE:CARLb) slipped 1.70% or 16.20 points to 934.80 at the close, and AP Moeller - Maersk A/S A (CSE:MAERSKa) declined 1.58% or 270.00 points to finish at 16,800.00.
Market breadth
On the Copenhagen Stock Exchange, advancing issues outnumbered decliners by 92 to 30, with 15 stocks finishing unchanged, indicating a broad-based upward move across the exchange.
Commodities and futures
In commodities trading, crude oil for April delivery declined 0.91% or 0.68 to trade at $73.88 a barrel. Brent oil for May delivery fell 0.68% or 0.55 to $80.85 a barrel. The April Gold Futures contract rose 0.65% or 33.26 to trade at 5,156.96 a troy ounce.
Currencies and index futures
FX moves were modest. USD/DKK fell 0.16% to 6.42, while EUR/DKK was essentially unchanged, moving 0.01% to 7.47. The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 98.81 at the close.
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