Investing.com – Denmark stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Real Estate, Consumer Goods and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 declined 0.89%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were ISS A/S (COP:ISS), which rose 2.30% or 4.90 points to trade at 218.10 at the close. Meanwhile, Novozymes B (COP:NZYMb) added 0.71% or 2.0 points to end at 283.8 and William Demant Holding (COP:WDH) was up 0.09% or 0.5 points to 540.5 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were FLSmidth & Co. (COP:FLS), which fell 4.39% or 10.9 points to trade at 237.3 at the close. Coloplast A/S (COP:COLOb) declined 1.90% or 8.5 points to end at 439.5 and DSV (COP:DSV) was down 1.76% or 4.2 points to 234.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 90 to 69 and 4 ended unchanged.
Shares in FLSmidth & Co. (COP:FLS) fell to 5-year lows; falling 4.39% or 10.9 to 237.3.
Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.94% or 0.37 to $38.94 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.34% or 0.14 to hit $43.06 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 1.34% or 15.20 to trade at $1123.10 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 1.09% to 6.5503, while EUR/DKK fell 0.01% to 7.4644.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.95% at 94.81.