Investing.com – Denmark equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Industrials, Consumer Services and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 fell 0.24%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Carlsberg A/S B (CO:CARLb), which rose 1.32% or 8.0 points to trade at 615.0 at the close. DSV (CO:DSV) added 1.23% or 4.0 points to end at 328.8 and TDC A/S (CO:TDC) was up 1.03% or 0.38 points to 37.25 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Novozymes A/S B (CO:NZYMb), which lost 4.66% or 11.8 points to trade at 241.4 in late trade. AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CO:MAERSKb) declined 4.27% or 510 points to end at 11430 and AP Moeller - Maersk A/S A (CO:MAERSKa) shed 3.88% or 440 points to 10900.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 79 to 48 and 12 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 1.89% or 0.99 to $51.49 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 1.84% or 1.02 to hit $54.45 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.00% or 0.05 to trade at $1212.95 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.28% to 6.9595, while EUR/DKK rose 0.01% to 7.4363.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.46% at 100.72.