Investing.com – Denmark stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Healthcare, Chemicals and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 fell 4.09% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were ISS A/S (CSE:ISS), which rose 1.24% or 1.50 points to trade at 122.40 at the close. Meanwhile, Carlsberg A/S B (CSE:CARLb) added 1.00% or 8.60 points to end at 867.00 and Danske Bank A/S (CSE:DANSKE) was up 0.25% or 0.50 points to 200.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Demant A/S (CSE:DEMANT), which fell 14.80% or 44.20 points to trade at 254.40 at the close. Zealand Pharma A/S (CSE:ZELA) declined 8.40% or 78.50 points to end at 856.00 and GN Store Nord (CSE:GN) was down 6.28% or 11.85 points to 176.80.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 87 to 45 and 19 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 1.52% or 1.21 to $80.92 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.05% or 0.88 to hit $84.61 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.02% or 0.50 to trade at $2,468.30 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.27% to 6.82, while EUR/DKK unchanged 0.01% to 7.46.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.40% at 103.54.