Investing.com – Denmark stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Real Estate, Chemicals and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 lost 0.98%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Danske Bank A/S (CSE:DANSKE), which rose 2.51% or 3.0 points to trade at 124.5 at the close. Meanwhile, AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CSE:MAERSKb) added 2.00% or 295 points to end at 15070 and ISS A/S (CSE:ISS) was up 1.82% or 2.25 points to 125.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ambu A/S (CSE:AMBUb), which fell 3.96% or 12.6 points to trade at 305.4 at the close. DSV Panalpina A/S (CSE:DSV) declined 3.24% or 40.5 points to end at 1211.0 and Novozymes A/S B (CSE:NZYMb) was down 2.36% or 9.5 points to 393.5.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 76 to 58 and 25 ended unchanged.
Shares in Danske Bank A/S (CSE:DANSKE) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 2.51% or 3.0 to 124.5.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 1.30% or 0.77 to $58.56 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 1.20% or 0.75 to hit $61.99 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.13% or 2.25 to trade at $1740.75 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.13% to 6.2532, while EUR/DKK rose 0.02% to 7.4368.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 92.300.