Investing.com – Denmark equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Healthcare, Oil & Gas and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 declined 0.82%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were FLSmidth & Co. (CO:FLS), which rose 2.29% or 8.8 points to trade at 392.5 at the close. GN Store Nord (CO:GN) added 2.01% or 4.2 points to end at 212.7 and Carlsberg A/S B (CO:CARLb) was up 1.20% or 8.5 points to 717.5 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Genmab (CO:GEN), which lost 2.84% or 38.0 points to trade at 1301.0 in late trade. ISS A/S (CO:ISS) declined 2.35% or 5.90 points to end at 245.00 and Novozymes A/S B (CO:NZYMb) shed 1.43% or 4.5 points to 310.3.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 66 to 56 and 18 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 1.07% or 0.51 to $48.34 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 1.16% or 0.60 to hit $52.47 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.18% or 2.36 to trade at $1293.36 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.34% to 6.3023, while EUR/DKK unchanged 0.00% to 7.4381.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.24% at 93.20.