Investing.com – Denmark stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Healthcare and Chemicals sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 fell 0.22%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CO:VWS), which rose 3.06% or 18.5 points to trade at 622.5 at the close. Meanwhile, AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CO:MAERSKb) added 2.37% or 310 points to end at 13390 and AP Moeller - Maersk A/S A (CO:MAERSKa) was up 1.77% or 220 points to 12660 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Coloplast A/S (CO:COLOb), which fell 6.23% or 34.5 points to trade at 519.5 at the close. Carlsberg A/S B (CO:CARLb) declined 2.67% or 18.5 points to end at 674.5 and Novo Nordisk A/S B (CO:NOVOb) was down 1.04% or 3.0 points to 286.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 64 to 55 and 19 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.76% or 0.36 to $47.19 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.39% or 0.20 to hit $50.60 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.17% or 2.19 to trade at $1277.51 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.37% to 6.3608, while EUR/DKK rose 0.00% to 7.4371.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 93.99.