Investing.com – Denmark stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Healthcare, Chemicals and Personal & Household Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 fell 0.05%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CSE:VWS), which rose 4.48% or 9.00 points to trade at 210.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Oersted AS (CSE:ORSTED) added 2.71% or 9.90 points to end at 375.30 and Jyske Bank A/S (CSE:JYSK) was up 1.77% or 8.40 points to 481.70 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CSE:MAERSKb), which fell 4.65% or 595.00 points to trade at 12,190.00 at the close. AP Moeller - Maersk A/S A (CSE:MAERSKa) declined 4.55% or 570.00 points to end at 11,960.00 and GN Store Nord (CSE:GN) was down 1.59% or 2.80 points to 173.40.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 86 to 67 and 14 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was down 1.30% or 0.98 to $74.59 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 1.01% or 0.82 to hit $80.03 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 1.07% or 22.05 to trade at $2,091.85 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.65% to 6.71, while EUR/DKK unchanged 0.00% to 7.45.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.56% at 100.54.