Investing.com – Denmark stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Financials and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 declined 1.32%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Chr. Hansen Holding A/S (CO:CHRH), which rose 0.71% or 3.8 points to trade at 540.2 at the close. Meanwhile, Novozymes A/S B (CO:NZYMb) fell 0.16% or 0.5 points to end at 307.0 and TDC A/S (CO:TDC) was down 0.16% or 0.08 points to 50.10 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CO:VWS), which fell 3.05% or 13.2 points to trade at 419.3 at the close. Nordea Bank AB (CO:NDA) declined 2.21% or 1.38 points to end at 61.18 and Danske Bank A/S (CO:DANSKE) was down 2.14% or 4.8 points to 220.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 81 to 41 and 18 ended unchanged.
Shares in Nordea Bank AB (CO:NDA) fell to 52-week lows; down 2.21% or 1.38 to 61.18. Shares in Danske Bank A/S (CO:DANSKE) fell to 52-week lows; falling 2.14% or 4.8 to 220.0.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 1.98% or 1.30 to $66.81 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 1.48% or 1.05 to hit $72.09 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 1.23% or 16.50 to trade at $1362.40 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.22% to 6.0137, while EUR/DKK fell 0.01% to 7.4457.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 89.14.