Investing.com – Denmark stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Chemicals and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 declined 0.09%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Pandora A/S (CO:PNDORA), which rose 1.53% or 4.2 points to trade at 279.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CO:VWS) added 0.99% or 6.0 points to end at 610.8 and GN Store Nord (CO:GN) was up 0.78% or 2.6 points to 336.2 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Novozymes A/S B (CO:NZYMb), which fell 2.49% or 7.9 points to trade at 309.0 at the close. Jyske Bank A/S (CO:JYSK) declined 1.09% or 3.0 points to end at 272.3 and Tryg A/S (CO:TRYG) was down 0.98% or 2.0 points to 201.2.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 66 to 64 and 19 ended unchanged.
Shares in Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CO:VWS) rose to 52-week highs; up 0.99% or 6.0 to 610.8.
Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.78% or 0.52 to $65.78 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.16% or 0.12 to hit $74.39 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.38% or 4.85 to trade at $1278.05 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.56% to 6.6869, while EUR/DKK rose 0.02% to 7.4667.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.33% at 97.640.