Investing.com – Denmark stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Healthcare, Financials and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 fell 0.85%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Chr. Hansen Holding A/S (CO:CHRH), which rose 5.27% or 19.6 points to trade at 391.3 at the close. Meanwhile, TDC A/S (CO:TDC) added 1.66% or 0.58 points to end at 35.43 and GN Store Nord (CO:GN) was up 1.23% or 1.6 points to 131.3 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nordea Bank AB (CO:NDA), which fell 5.45% or 4.30 points to trade at 74.60 at the close. Novo Nordisk B (CO:NOVOb) declined 1.79% or 6.5 points to end at 357.0 and A.P. Moller - Maersk B (CO:MAERSKb) was down 1.70% or 180 points to 10410.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 90 to 64 and 4 ended unchanged.
Shares in Chr. Hansen Holding A/S (CO:CHRH) rose to all time highs; up 5.27% or 19.6 to 391.3.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 2.16% or 1.00 to $45.29 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 1.41% or 0.69 to hit $48.02 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 1.01% or 11.90 to trade at $1165.60 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.05% to 6.5784, while EUR/DKK rose 0.00% to 7.4603.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.13% at 95.03.