Investing.com – Denmark stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Real Estate, Financials and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 lost 0.24%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were FLSmidth & Co. (CO:FLS), which rose 1.46% or 3.8 points to trade at 263.3 at the close. Meanwhile, ISS A/S (CO:ISS) added 0.88% or 2.20 points to end at 252.20 and Carlsberg A/S B (CO:CARLb) was up 0.54% or 3.5 points to 647.5 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were A.P. Moller - Maersk A (CO:MAERSKa), which fell 1.66% or 140 points to trade at 8270 at the close. Genmab (CO:GEN) declined 1.58% or 19.0 points to end at 1183.0 and A.P. Moller - Maersk B (CO:MAERSKb) was down 1.37% or 120 points to 8655.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 76 to 64 and 16 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 4.21% or 1.97 to $44.83 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 4.48% or 2.17 to hit $46.30 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.67% or 8.95 to trade at $1344.25 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.42% to 6.6969, while EUR/DKK fell 0.01% to 7.4380.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.36% at 96.20.