Investing.com – Denmark equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Technology, Oil & Gas and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 lost 0.64%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Demant A/S (CSE:DEMANT), which rose 2.07% or 5.60 points to trade at 275.60 at the close. Coloplast A/S (CSE:COLOb) added 1.46% or 13.00 points to end at 900.80 and Genmab (CSE:GMAB) was up 1.29% or 23.50 points to 1,844.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Zealand Pharma A/S (CSE:ZELA), which lost 1.91% or 17.00 points to trade at 874.00 in late trade. AP Moeller - Maersk A/S A (CSE:MAERSKa) declined 1.80% or 190.00 points to end at 10,350.00 and AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CSE:MAERSKb) shed 1.45% or 155.00 points to 10,550.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 68 to 60 and 24 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.04% or 0.03 to $73.20 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.22% or 0.17 to hit $77.37 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.15% or 3.90 to trade at $2,546.70 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was unchanged 0.06% to 6.70, while EUR/DKK unchanged 0.01% to 7.46.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.18% at 101.12.