Investing.com – Denmark equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Financials, Chemicals and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 declined 0.16%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Dong Energy A/S (CO:DENERG), which rose 1.23% or 3.10 points to trade at 255.60 at the close. Chr. Hansen Holding A/S (CO:CHRH) added 1.10% or 4.6 points to end at 424.4 and Lundbeck A/S (CO:LUN) was up 1.02% or 3.0 points to 296.1 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Jyske Bank A/S (CO:JYSK), which lost 2.58% or 9.6 points to trade at 363.2 in late trade. Danske Bank A/S (CO:DANSKE) declined 1.07% or 2.6 points to end at 240.0 and AP Moeller - Maersk A/S A (CO:MAERSKa) shed 0.97% or 110 points to 11240.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 62 to 62 and 12 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 1.53% or 0.83 to $53.50 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 1.57% or 0.89 to hit $55.77 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.33% or 4.15 to trade at $1234.75 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.17% to 7.0420, while EUR/DKK unchanged 0.00% to 7.4328.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 101.39.