Investing.com – Denmark stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Healthcare and Real Estate sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 fell 1.91% to hit a new 52-week low.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Zealand Pharma A/S (CSE:ZELA), which rose 37.89% or 185.20 points to trade at 674.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Ambu A/S (CSE:AMBUb) added 4.07% or 4.70 points to end at 120.30 and Novozymes A/S B (CSE:NSISb) was up 2.66% or 10.60 points to 409.10 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CSE:VWS), which fell 4.66% or 5.10 points to trade at 103.40 at the close. Novo Nordisk A/S Class B (CSE:NOVOb) declined 4.32% or 22.90 points to end at 507.60 and Oersted AS (CSE:ORSTED) was down 2.63% or 8.60 points to 318.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 71 to 57 and 22 ended unchanged.
Shares in Novo Nordisk A/S Class B (CSE:NOVOb) fell to 52-week lows; down 4.32% or 22.90 to 507.60.
Crude oil for April delivery was up 2.31% or 1.53 to $67.78 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 2.07% or 1.44 to hit $71.00 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.82% or 24.06 to trade at $2,944.96 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was unchanged 0.06% to 6.83, while EUR/DKK unchanged 0.02% to 7.46.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 103.42.