Denmark stocks lower at close of trade; OMX Copenhagen 20 down 0.23%

Investing.com – Denmark stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Healthcare, Real Estate and Consumer Services sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 declined 0.23%.

The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Ambu A/S (CSE:AMBUb), which rose 7.07% or 5.82 points to trade at 88.10 at the close. Meanwhile, Oersted AS (CSE:ORSTED) added 6.43% or 18.80 points to end at 311.00 and GN Store Nord (CSE:GN) was up 6.34% or 8.85 points to 148.30 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Novo Nordisk A/S Class B (CSE:NOVOb), which fell 1.54% or 10.70 points to trade at 682.80 at the close. Genmab (CSE:GMAB) declined 1.20% or 27.00 points to end at 2,231.00 and Jyske Bank A/S (CSE:JYSK) was up 0.04% or 0.20 points to 471.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 85 to 60 and 14 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for December delivery was up 1.10% or 0.86 to $79.12 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 1.11% or 0.92 to hit $83.44 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.95% or 18.45 to trade at $1,968.65 a troy ounce.

USD/DKK was down 1.40% to 6.87, while EUR/DKK unchanged 0.01% to 7.46.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 1.25% at 104.18.