Investing.com – Denmark stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Healthcare, Real Estate and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 declined 0.40%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were AP Moeller - Maersk A/S A (CO:MAERSKa), which rose 2.06% or 250 points to trade at 12390 at the close. Meanwhile, AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CO:MAERSKb) added 1.87% or 240 points to end at 13070 and Nordea Bank AB (CO:NDA) was up 1.76% or 1.45 points to 83.65 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Genmab (CO:GEN), which fell 2.24% or 32.0 points to trade at 1396.0 at the close. Novo Nordisk A/S B (CO:NOVOb) declined 1.39% or 4.0 points to end at 283.9 and Coloplast A/S (CO:COLOb) was down 1.24% or 7.0 points to 556.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 82 to 42 and 14 ended unchanged.
Shares in AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CO:MAERSKb) rose to 52-week highs; rising 1.87% or 240 to 13070.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.88% or 0.39 to $44.63 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.04% or 0.49 to hit $47.41 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.20% or 2.51 to trade at $1249.41 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.26% to 6.5395, while EUR/DKK rose 0.02% to 7.4368.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.40% at 95.80.