Investing.com – Denmark equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Healthcare, Real Estate and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 declined 0.40%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were AP Moeller - Maersk A/S A (CO:MAERSKa), which rose 2.06% or 250 points to trade at 12390 at the close. AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CO:MAERSKb) added 1.87% or 240 points to end at 13070 and Nordea Bank AB (CO:NDA) was up 1.76% or 1.45 points to 83.65 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Genmab (CO:GEN), which lost 2.24% or 32.0 points to trade at 1396.0 in late trade. Novo Nordisk A/S B (CO:NOVOb) declined 1.39% or 4.0 points to end at 283.9 and Coloplast A/S (CO:COLOb) shed 1.24% or 7.0 points to 556.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 82 to 42 and 14 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.90% or 0.40 to $44.64 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.04% or 0.49 to hit $47.41 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.20% or 2.51 to trade at $1249.41 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.26% to 6.5397, while EUR/DKK rose 0.02% to 7.4368.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.40% at 95.80.