Investing.com – Denmark stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Personal & Household Goods and Software & Computer Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 fell 0.24%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Coloplast A/S (CSE:COLOb), which rose 2.13% or 21.5 points to trade at 1029.0 at the close. Meanwhile, ISS A/S (CSE:ISS) added 1.94% or 2.80 points to end at 147.20 and Novo Nordisk A/S Class B (CSE:NOVOb) was up 0.69% or 3.6 points to 525.4 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Orsted A/S (CSE:ORSTED), which fell 1.74% or 15.60 points to trade at 880.00 at the close. GN Store Nord (CSE:GN) declined 1.62% or 9.0 points to end at 547.8 and Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CSE:VWS) was down 1.61% or 4.0 points to 244.8.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 82 to 68 and 11 ended unchanged.
Shares in ISS A/S (CSE:ISS) rose to 52-week highs; rising 1.94% or 2.80 to 147.20. Shares in Novo Nordisk A/S Class B (CSE:NOVOb) rose to 5-year highs; rising 0.69% or 3.6 to 525.4.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.21% or 0.15 to $73.13 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.13% or 0.10 to hit $74.38 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.14% or 2.45 to trade at $1766.05 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.37% to 6.2726, while EUR/DKK rose 0.04% to 7.4361.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.36% at 92.368.