Investing.com – Denmark equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Software & Computer Services and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 lost 0.80%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Chr. Hansen Holding A/S (CO:CHRH), which rose 0.77% or 3.2 points to trade at 421.5 at the close. GN Store Nord (CO:GN) added 0.59% or 0.8 points to end at 137.0 and William Demant Holding AS (CO:WDH) was up 0.22% or 0.3 points to 139.7 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Genmab (CO:GEN), which lost 2.61% or 33.0 points to trade at 1233.0 in late trade. Jyske Bank A/S (CO:JYSK) declined 1.95% or 5.3 points to end at 266.6 and Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CO:VWS) shed 1.77% or 8.4 points to 465.8.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 96 to 51 and 17 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 1.63% or 0.82 to $51.18 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 1.89% or 0.97 to hit $52.41 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 1.30% or 16.15 to trade at $1263.15 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.41% to 6.5204, while EUR/DKK fell 0.00% to 7.4358.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.37% at 93.49.