Investing.com – Denmark stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Software & Computer Services and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 fell 0.69%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Tryg A/S (CSE:TRYG), which rose 1.13% or 1.85 points to trade at 165.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Novo Nordisk A/S Class B (CSE:NOVOb) added 0.70% or 5.20 points to end at 747.00 and Novozymes A/S B (CSE:NZYMb) was down 0.29% or 1.30 points to 440.70 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were GN Store Nord (CSE:GN), which fell 4.23% or 13.90 points to trade at 315.00 at the close. Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CSE:VWS) declined 3.39% or 6.85 points to end at 195.20 and Rockwool International B (CSE:ROCKb) was down 3.28% or 81.00 points to 2,388.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 100 to 53 and 17 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 4.40% or 4.81 to $114.08 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 4.68% or 5.40 to hit $120.88 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.60% or 11.45 to trade at $1,932.95 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.24% to 6.76, while EUR/DKK unchanged 0.03% to 7.44.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 98.64.