Investing.com – Denmark equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Financials, Healthcare and Chemicals sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 declined 0.43%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Coloplast A/S (CO:COLOb), which rose 3.16% or 18.2 points to trade at 594.6 at the close. Nordea Bank AB (CO:NDA) added 2.09% or 1.32 points to end at 64.52 and Lundbeck A/S (CO:LUN) was up 2.03% or 8.2 points to 411.3 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Genmab (CO:GEN), which lost 4.67% or 61.0 points to trade at 1244.0 in late trade. Jyske Bank A/S (CO:JYSK) declined 3.65% or 13.6 points to end at 359.0 and Oersted A/S (CO:ORSTED) shed 3.07% or 12.70 points to 400.80.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 65 to 52 and 22 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 3.08% or 2.13 to $71.19 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 3.01% or 2.25 to hit $77.10 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.12% or 1.60 to trade at $1312.10 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.19% to 6.2898, while EUR/DKK fell 0.01% to 7.4500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 92.92.