Investing.com – Denmark stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Financials, Personal & Household Goods and Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 fell 0.44% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Oersted A/S (CO:ORSTED), which rose 1.84% or 7.50 points to trade at 415.40 at the close. Meanwhile, FLSmidth & Co. (CO:FLS) added 1.83% or 7.0 points to end at 390.1 and AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CO:MAERSKb) was up 1.62% or 148 points to 9294 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Danske Bank A/S (CO:DANSKE), which fell 3.35% or 5.8 points to trade at 169.0 at the close. Genmab (CO:GEN) declined 2.63% or 27.5 points to end at 1017.0 and Ambu A/S (CO:AMBUb) was down 2.19% or 4.0 points to 178.4.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 59 to 58 and 22 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 1.14% or 0.79 to $70.38 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.24% or 0.19 to hit $79.22 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.48% or 5.80 to trade at $1208.70 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.16% to 6.3845, while EUR/DKK fell 0.01% to 7.4600.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 94.06.