Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer Goods , Industrials and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 added 0.28%.

The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CSE: MAERSKb ), which rose 2.81% or 305.00 points to trade at 11,155.00 at the close. Meanwhile, AP Moeller - Maersk A/S A (CSE: MAERSKa ) added 2.58% or 270.00 points to end at 10,720.00 and NKT Holding (CSE: NKT ) was up 2.30% or 14.00 points to 622.50 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were GN Store Nord (CSE: GN ), which fell 3.44% or 4.80 points to trade at 133.20 at the close. Coloplast A/S (CSE: COLOb ) declined 3.00% or 27.20 points to end at 879.60 and Demant A/S (CSE: DEMANT ) was down 2.71% or 7.20 points to 258.20.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 86 to 44 and 21 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.22% or 0.15 to $68.27 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.24% or 0.17 to hit $72.06 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.47% or 12.20 to trade at $2,594.10 a troy ounce.

USD/DKK was up 0.50% to 7.06, while EUR/DKK unchanged 0.01% to 7.46.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.31% at 106.28.