Investing.com – Denmark stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Healthcare, Chemicals and Real Estate sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 lost 1.66%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were GN Store Nord (CSE:GN), which rose 3.31% or 5.30 points to trade at 164.10 at the close. Meanwhile, Oersted AS (CSE:ORSTED) added 3.04% or 12.10 points to end at 410.50 and AP Moeller - Maersk A/S A (CSE:MAERSKa) was up 2.40% or 230.00 points to 9,820.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Zealand Pharma A/S (CSE:ZELA), which fell 3.52% or 31.00 points to trade at 850.00 at the close. Rockwool International B (CSE:ROCKb) declined 2.68% or 78.00 points to end at 2,832.00 and Novo Nordisk A/S Class B (CSE:NOVOb) was down 2.45% or 22.70 points to 904.70.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 66 to 52 and 34 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.64% or 0.45 to $69.89 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.57% or 0.42 to hit $73.33 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.12% or 3.05 to trade at $2,526.05 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.33% to 6.73, while EUR/DKK unchanged 0.00% to 7.46.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.44% at 101.32.