Investing.com – Denmark stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Financials and Personal & Household Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 declined 1.26%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CSE:MAERSKb), which rose 3.73% or 770.00 points to trade at 21,400.00 at the close. Meanwhile, AP Moeller - Maersk A/S A (CSE:MAERSKa) added 3.54% or 700.00 points to end at 20,500.00 and Novo Nordisk A/S Class B (CSE:NOVOb) was down 0.17% or 1.20 points to 695.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Royal Unibrew A/S (CSE:RBREW), which fell 8.72% or 59.80 points to trade at 626.00 at the close. Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CSE:VWS) declined 5.92% or 12.70 points to end at 201.70 and Carlsberg A/S B (CSE:CARLb) was down 4.57% or 42.80 points to 894.20.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 97 to 58 and 16 ended unchanged.
Shares in Royal Unibrew A/S (CSE:RBREW) fell to 52-week lows; down 8.72% or 59.80 to 626.00. Shares in Carlsberg A/S B (CSE:CARLb) fell to 52-week lows; down 4.57% or 42.80 to 894.20.
Crude oil for April delivery was up 3.31% or 3.42 to $106.83 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 4.10% or 4.30 to hit $109.27 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 1.22% or 23.70 to trade at $1,920.10 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was unchanged 0.02% to 6.69, while EUR/DKK unchanged 0.03% to 7.44.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 97.39.