Investing.com – Denmark stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Industrials and Chemicals sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 lost 1.56%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were GN Store Nord (COP:GN), which rose 2.10% or 2.6 points to trade at 126.4 at the close. Meanwhile, Jyske Bank A/S (COP:JYSK) added 0.31% or 1.2 points to end at 384.2 and Vestas Wind Systems (COP:VWS) was up 0.26% or 1.0 points to 386.5 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Carlsberg A/S B (COP:CARLb), which fell 9.24% or 54.5 points to trade at 535.5 at the close. Novozymes B (COP:NZYMb) declined 3.09% or 9.4 points to end at 294.6 and FLSmidth & Co. (COP:FLS) was down 2.95% or 9.0 points to 296.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 108 to 49 and 2 ended unchanged.
Shares in Jyske Bank A/S (COP:JYSK) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 0.31% or 1.2 to 384.2.
Crude oil for October delivery was down 4.08% or 1.76 to $41.36 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 3.23% or 1.57 to hit $47.23 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 1.13% or 12.60 to trade at $1129.50 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.35% to 6.7443, while EUR/DKK fell 0.01% to 7.4633.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.13% at 96.86.