Investing.com – Denmark equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Personal & Household Goods, Consumer Goods and Chemicals sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 fell 0.19%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were FLSmidth & Co. (CO:FLS), which rose 2.92% or 12.1 points to trade at 426.6 at the close. Genmab (CO:GEN) added 1.69% or 24.0 points to end at 1441.0 and Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CO:VWS) was up 1.36% or 8.0 points to 595.5 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Pandora A/S (CO:PNDORA), which lost 1.85% or 12.0 points to trade at 638.0 in late trade. Carlsberg A/S B (CO:CARLb) declined 1.56% or 11.5 points to end at 725.0 and Danske Bank A/S (CO:DANSKE) shed 1.37% or 3.5 points to 251.5.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 67 to 43 and 22 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 1.24% or 0.54 to $42.97 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 1.56% or 0.72 to hit $45.30 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.20% or 2.52 to trade at $1246.02 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.07% to 6.6760, while EUR/DKK rose 0.01% to 7.4390.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 97.38.