Investing.com – Denmark stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Industrials, Oil & Gas and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 lost 2.10% to hit a new 52-week low.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Lundbeck A/S (CO:LUN), which rose 5.25% or 11.3 points to trade at 226.4 at the close. Meanwhile, TDC A/S (CO:TDC) added 0.69% or 0.25 points to end at 36.62 and Genmab (CO:GEN) was up 0.28% or 3.0 points to 1067.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were A.P. Moller - Maersk A (CO:MAERSKa), which fell 7.25% or 700 points to trade at 8950 at the close. A.P. Moller - Maersk B (CO:MAERSKb) declined 7.16% or 725 points to end at 9395 and ISS A/S (CO:ISS) was down 4.82% or 12.80 points to 252.60.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 113 to 37 and 12 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 3.17% or 1.48 to $45.19 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 3.16% or 1.52 to hit $46.62 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 1.56% or 20.05 to trade at $1308.05 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.47% to 6.6978, while EUR/DKK rose 0.02% to 7.4411.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.50% at 97.27.