Investing.com – Denmark stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Healthcare, Consumer Goods and Personal & Household Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 declined 1.27%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CO:MAERSKb), which rose 2.48% or 218 points to trade at 8994 at the close. Meanwhile, FLSmidth & Co. (CO:FLS) added 1.32% or 4.3 points to end at 330.6 and Jyske Bank A/S (CO:JYSK) was up 0.47% or 1.3 points to 277.3 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were GN Store Nord (CO:GN), which fell 3.42% or 11.6 points to trade at 328.0 at the close. Novo Nordisk A/S Class B (CO:NOVOb) declined 2.57% or 8.5 points to end at 322.8 and Coloplast A/S (CO:COLOb) was down 1.66% or 11.6 points to 685.4.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 66 to 59 and 21 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.09% or 0.06 to $64.11 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.24% or 0.17 to hit $71.89 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.07% or 0.85 to trade at $1276.35 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.11% to 6.6066, while EUR/DKK rose 0.05% to 7.4645.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.00% at 96.653.