Investing.com – Denmark stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Industrials, Consumer Goods and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 fell 0.64%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CO:VWS), which rose 1.95% or 9.6 points to trade at 502.0 at the close. Meanwhile, William Demant Holding AS (CO:WDH) added 0.99% or 1.3 points to end at 132.6 and Novozymes A/S B (CO:NZYMb) was up 0.68% or 1.9 points to 282.6 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Lundbeck A/S (CO:LUN), which fell 5.08% or 15.5 points to trade at 289.5 at the close. AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CO:MAERSKb) declined 4.98% or 580 points to end at 11060 and AP Moeller - Maersk A/S A (CO:MAERSKa) was down 4.40% or 490 points to 10650.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 83 to 46 and 12 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.42% or 0.22 to $52.39 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.35% or 0.19 to hit $55.24 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.68% or 8.35 to trade at $1244.45 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.17% to 6.9465, while EUR/DKK rose 0.01% to 7.4344.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.28% at 100.11.