Investing.com – Denmark equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Financials and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 declined 1.32%.
The biggest gainers 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. 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.
Biggest losers included Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CO:VWS), which lost 3.05% or 13.2 points to trade at 419.3 in late trade. Nordea Bank AB (CO:NDA) declined 2.21% or 1.38 points to end at 61.18 and Danske Bank A/S (CO:DANSKE) shed 2.14% or 4.8 points to 220.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 81 to 41 and 18 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 2.01% or 1.32 to $66.83 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 1.51% or 1.07 to hit $72.11 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 1.25% or 16.80 to trade at $1362.70 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.22% to 6.0136, while EUR/DKK fell 0.01% to 7.4457.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 89.14.