Investing.com – Denmark stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Real Estate and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 declined 0.73%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Jyske Bank A/S (CSE:JYSK), which rose 1.52% or 7.80 points to trade at 520.00 at the close. Meanwhile, ISS A/S (CSE:ISS) added 1.46% or 2.05 points to end at 142.60 and AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CSE:MAERSKb) was up 1.00% or 130.00 points to 13,185.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CSE:VWS), which fell 2.02% or 3.62 points to trade at 175.60 at the close. Novo Nordisk A/S Class B (CSE:NOVOb) declined 1.28% or 16.40 points to end at 1,263.40 and Carlsberg A/S B (CSE:CARLb) was down 1.03% or 10.50 points to 1,008.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 80 to 60 and 21 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 1.16% or 0.96 to $83.88 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 1.07% or 0.92 to hit $87.09 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.55% or 10.75 to trade at $1,949.15 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.20% to 6.79, while EUR/DKK unchanged 0.01% to 7.45.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 102.32.