Investing.com – Denmark equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Financials, Software & Computer Services and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 lost 1.16%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Lundbeck A/S (CO:LUN), which rose 0.96% or 3.3 points to trade at 348.5 at the close. Carlsberg A/S B (CO:CARLb) added 0.47% or 3.2 points to end at 686.4 and Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CO:VWS) was up 0.47% or 1.9 points to 406.9 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Novozymes A/S B (CO:NZYMb), which lost 3.75% or 11.6 points to trade at 297.6 in late trade. Danske Bank A/S (CO:DANSKE) declined 3.06% or 6.9 points to end at 218.8 and Nordea Bank AB (CO:NDA) shed 2.32% or 1.48 points to 62.32.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 85 to 31 and 20 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.12% or 0.08 to $67.78 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.38% or 0.28 to hit $73.58 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.69% or 9.20 to trade at $1323.80 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.43% to 6.1153, while EUR/DKK rose 0.04% to 7.4514.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.41% at 90.93.