Denmark stocks lower at close of trade; OMX Copenhagen 20 down 2.33%

Investing.com – Denmark stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Personal&Household Goods, Healthcare and Oil&Gas sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 lost 2.33%.

The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Danske Bank A/S (CSE:DANSKE), which rose 2.07% or 2.95 points to trade at 145.40 at the close. Meanwhile, Jyske Bank A/S (CSE:JYSK) added 1.60% or 7.70 points to end at 488.20 and Orsted A/S (CSE:ORSTED) was down 0.19% or 1.20 points to 644.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Demant A/S (CSE:DEMANT), which fell 5.30% or 15.40 points to trade at 275.00 at the close. GN Store Nord (CSE:GN) declined 4.55% or 8.15 points to end at 171.10 and Ambu A/S (CSE:AMBUb) was down 3.83% or 4.35 points to 109.20.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 87 to 59 and 19 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for July delivery was up 1.69% or 1.22 to $73.27 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 1.50% or 1.14 to hit $77.13 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.52% or 10.25 to trade at $1,966.95 a troy ounce.

USD/DKK was up 0.38% to 6.91, while EUR/DKK unchanged 0.01% to 7.45.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.33% at 103.42.