Denmark stocks lower at close of trade; OMX Copenhagen 20 down 0.80%

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Denmark stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Oil&Gas, Software&Computer Services and Technology sectors led shares lower.At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 lost 0.80%.The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Chr. Hansen Holding A/S (CO:CHRH), which rose 0.77% or 3.2 points to trade at 421.5 at the close. Meanwhile, GN Store Nord (CO:GN) added 0.59% or 0.8 points to end at 137.0 and William Demant Holding AS (CO:WDH) was up 0.22% or 0.3 points to 139.7 in late trade.The worst performers of the session were Genmab (CO:GEN), which fell 2.61% or 33.0 points to trade at 1233.0 at the close. Jyske Bank A/S (CO:JYSK) declined 1.95% or 5.3 points to end at 266.6 and Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CO:VWS) was down 1.77% or 8.4 points to 465.8.Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 96 to 51 and 17 ended unchanged.Crude oil for July delivery was up 1.63% or 0.82 to $51.18 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 1.89% or 0.97 to hit $52.41 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 1.29% or 16.05 to trade at $1263.05 a troy ounce.USD/DKK was down 0.41% to 6.5204, while EUR/DKK fell 0.00% to 7.4359.The US Dollar Index was down 0.37% at 93.49