Denmark shares lower at close of trade; OMX Copenhagen 20 down 0.66%

Investing.com – Denmark equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Oil&Gas, Chemicals and Personal&Household Goods sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 declined 0.66% to hit a new 6-month low.

The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Coloplast A/S (CSE:COLOb), which rose 3.72% or 33.00 points to trade at 919.00 at the close. Zealand Pharma A/S (CSE:ZELA) added 3.63% or 30.00 points to end at 857.00 and Rockwool International B (CSE:ROCKb) was up 1.96% or 58.00 points to 3,018.00 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CSE:VWS), which lost 12.82% or 15.30 points to trade at 104.10 in late trade. Oersted AS (CSE:ORSTED) declined 12.79% or 53.70 points to end at 366.00 and AP Moeller - Maersk A/S A (CSE:MAERSKa) shed 6.44% or 710.00 points to 10,310.00.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 87 to 49 and 12 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.01% or 0.01 to $71.98 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.26% or 0.20 to hit $75.33 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 2.59% or 71.20 to trade at $2,678.50 a troy ounce.

USD/DKK was up 1.87% to 6.95, while EUR/DKK unchanged 0.03% to 7.46.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 1.65% at 105.03.