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 1.02%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CSE:MAERSKb), which rose 1.44% or 250 points to trade at 17560 at the close. Meanwhile, Danske Bank A/S (CSE:DANSKE) added 0.53% or 0.6 points to end at 114.8 and Tryg A/S (CSE:TRYG) was up 0.48% or 0.7 points to 145.1 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Orsted A/S (CSE:ORSTED), which fell 5.72% or 53.00 points to trade at 872.80 at the close. Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CSE:VWS) declined 5.16% or 12.3 points to end at 226.1 and GN Store Nord (CSE:GN) was down 2.54% or 13.2 points to 506.8.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 72 to 69 and 18 ended unchanged.
Shares in AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CSE:MAERSKb) rose to 5-year highs; rising 1.44% or 250 to 17560.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 1.11% or 0.75 to $68.47 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 1.07% or 0.75 to hit $71.00 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.10% or 1.95 to trade at $1906.95 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.00% to 6.0879, while EUR/DKK rose 0.02% to 7.4358.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 89.892.