Investing.com – Denmark equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Financials, Real Estate and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 declined 0.31%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CO:MAERSKb), which rose 2.40% or 194 points to trade at 8266 at the close. AP Moeller - Maersk A/S A (CO:MAERSKa) added 2.02% or 155 points to end at 7840 and Pandora A/S (CO:PNDORA) was up 1.36% or 6.1 points to 453.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Danske Bank A/S (CO:DANSKE), which lost 9.12% or 17.8 points to trade at 177.3 in late trade. Nordea Bank AB (CO:NDA) declined 0.98% or 0.62 points to end at 62.94 and Chr. Hansen Holding A/S (CO:CHRH) shed 0.45% or 3.0 points to 658.6.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 67 to 59 and 13 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.30% or 0.20 to $67.36 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.75% or 0.54 to hit $72.70 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.06% or 0.70 to trade at $1226.60 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.01% to 6.3922, while EUR/DKK fell 0.02% to 7.4530.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 94.74.