Investing.com – Denmark stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Chemicals, Healthcare and Real Estate sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 lost 0.60%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CO:VWS), which rose 2.80% or 16.2 points to trade at 595.2 at the close. Meanwhile, Ambu A/S (CO:AMBUb) added 2.66% or 4.7 points to end at 179.4 and FLSmidth & Co. (CO:FLS) was up 2.30% or 7.1 points to 316.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Chr. Hansen Holding A/S (CO:CHRH), which fell 6.82% or 46.8 points to trade at 639.0 at the close. Novo Nordisk A/S Class B (CO:NOVOb) declined 2.19% or 7.6 points to end at 339.9 and Genmab (CO:GEN) was down 0.63% or 7.5 points to 1175.5.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 81 to 49 and 16 ended unchanged.
Shares in Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CO:VWS) rose to 52-week highs; rising 2.80% or 16.2 to 595.2.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.16% or 0.10 to $62.48 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.45% or 0.31 to hit $69.06 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.04% or 0.55 to trade at $1295.95 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.36% to 6.6380, while EUR/DKK rose 0.02% to 7.4653.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.36% at 96.578.