Investing.com – Denmark stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Personal & Household Goods and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 declined 0.44%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were GN Store Nord (CO:GN), which rose 3.05% or 9.6 points to trade at 324.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Carlsberg A/S B (CO:CARLb) added 0.82% or 7.2 points to end at 880.0 and Tryg A/S (CO:TRYG) was up 0.39% or 0.8 points to 204.8 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were William Demant Holding A/S (CO:DEMANT), which fell 2.12% or 4.7 points to trade at 217.4 at the close. Chr. Hansen Holding A/S (CO:CHRH) declined 1.94% or 14.0 points to end at 705.8 and Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CO:VWS) was down 1.40% or 7.8 points to 551.2.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 68 to 55 and 23 ended unchanged.
Shares in Carlsberg A/S B (CO:CARLb) rose to 5-year highs; up 0.82% or 7.2 to 880.0.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.50% or 0.31 to $62.09 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.98% or 0.70 to hit $71.94 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.14% or 1.85 to trade at $1298.15 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.03% to 6.6643, while EUR/DKK fell 0.07% to 7.4675.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 97.338.