Investing.com – Denmark stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Financials, Chemicals and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 declined 0.16%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Dong Energy A/S (CO:DENERG), which rose 1.23% or 3.10 points to trade at 255.60 at the close. Meanwhile, Chr. Hansen Holding A/S (CO:CHRH) added 1.10% or 4.6 points to end at 424.4 and Lundbeck A/S (CO:LUN) was up 1.02% or 3.0 points to 296.1 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Jyske Bank A/S (CO:JYSK), which fell 2.58% or 9.6 points to trade at 363.2 at the close. Danske Bank A/S (CO:DANSKE) declined 1.07% or 2.6 points to end at 240.0 and AP Moeller - Maersk A/S A (CO:MAERSKa) was down 0.97% or 110 points to 11240.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 62 to 62 and 12 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for April delivery was down 1.53% or 0.83 to $53.50 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 1.57% or 0.89 to hit $55.77 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.34% or 4.25 to trade at $1234.65 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.17% to 7.0420, while EUR/DKK unchanged 0.00% to 7.4328.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 101.39.