Investing.com – Denmark equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Chemicals, Healthcare and Personal & Household Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 fell 0.14%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were AP Moeller - Maersk A/S A (CO:MAERSKa), which rose 2.70% or 300 points to trade at 11400 at the close. AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CO:MAERSKb) added 1.98% or 230 points to end at 11860 and Dong Energy A/S (CO:DENERG) was up 0.92% or 2.30 points to 252.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Chr. Hansen Holding A/S (CO:CHRH), which lost 1.26% or 5.2 points to trade at 408.8 in late trade. Novo Nordisk A/S B (CO:NOVOb) declined 1.02% or 2.4 points to end at 232.6 and Genmab (CO:GEN) shed 0.73% or 10.0 points to 1352.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 58 to 58 and 16 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 3.50% or 1.86 to $51.28 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 3.18% or 1.78 to hit $54.14 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.59% or 7.15 to trade at $1208.95 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.22% to 7.0495, while EUR/DKK rose 0.01% to 7.4333.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.29% at 102.11.