Denmark shares lower at close of trade; OMX Copenhagen 20 down 1.66%

Investing.com – Denmark equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Healthcare, Chemicals and Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 lost 1.66%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were GN Store Nord (CSE:GN), which rose 3.31% or 5.30 points to trade at 164.10 at the close. Oersted AS (CSE:ORSTED) added 3.04% or 12.10 points to end at 410.50 and AP Moeller - Maersk A/S A (CSE:MAERSKa) was up 2.40% or 230.00 points to 9,820.00 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Zealand Pharma A/S (CSE:ZELA), which lost 3.52% or 31.00 points to trade at 850.00 in late trade. Rockwool International B (CSE:ROCKb) declined 2.68% or 78.00 points to end at 2,832.00 and Novo Nordisk A/S Class B (CSE:NOVOb) shed 2.45% or 22.70 points to 904.70.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 66 to 52 and 34 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.65% or 0.46 to $69.88 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.60% or 0.44 to hit $73.31 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.09% or 2.35 to trade at $2,525.35 a troy ounce.

USD/DKK was down 0.31% to 6.73, while EUR/DKK unchanged 0.00% to 7.46.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.43% at 101.33.