Denmark shares lower at close of trade; OMX Copenhagen 20 down 1.79%

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

At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 lost 1.79%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were ISS A/S (CSE:ISS), which rose 3.37% or 4.40 points to trade at 134.90 at the close. AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CSE:MAERSKb) added 3.30% or 340.00 points to end at 10,655.00 and AP Moeller - Maersk A/S A (CSE:MAERSKa) was up 2.79% or 280.00 points to 10,300.00 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Novo Nordisk A/S Class B (CSE:NOVOb), which lost 2.35% or 21.20 points to trade at 882.20 in late trade. Zealand Pharma A/S (CSE:ZELA) declined 2.29% or 21.00 points to end at 895.00 and GN Store Nord (CSE:GN) shed 1.88% or 3.20 points to 166.90.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 74 to 50 and 23 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.04% or 0.03 to $69.99 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.08% or 0.06 to hit $73.64 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.26% or 6.85 to trade at $2,599.25 a troy ounce.

USD/DKK was down 0.09% to 6.71, while EUR/DKK unchanged 0.03% to 7.46.

The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 100.57.