Investing.com – Denmark stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Healthcare, Industrials and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 fell 0.93%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Danske Bank A/S (CO:DANSKE), which rose 1.30% or 2.4 points to trade at 187.4 at the close. Meanwhile, DSV (CO:DSV) added 0.93% or 2.5 points to end at 270.1 and Pandora A/S (CO:PNDORA) was up 0.88% or 7.5 points to 861.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tryg A/S (CO:TRYG), which fell 3.32% or 4.4 points to trade at 128.2 at the close. Carlsberg A/S B (CO:CARLb) declined 2.54% or 15.5 points to end at 594.5 and Novozymes B (CO:NZYMb) was down 2.10% or 7.0 points to 327.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 117 to 44 and 6 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was down 4.61% or 1.66 to $34.31 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 4.98% or 1.81 to hit $34.60 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 1.17% or 12.60 to trade at $1091.00 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.11% to 6.9361, while EUR/DKK rose 0.01% to 7.4614.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.02% at 99.48.