Denmark stocks lower at close of trade; OMX Copenhagen 20 down 0.43%

Investing.com – Denmark stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Oil&Gas, Real Estate and Chemicals sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 declined 0.43%.

The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Danske Bank A/S (CSE:DANSKE), which rose 1.25% or 2.40 points to trade at 194.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Coloplast A/S (CSE:COLOb) added 1.02% or 9.20 points to end at 913.40 and Tryg A/S (CSE:TRYG) was up 0.90% or 1.30 points to 146.30 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were ISS A/S (CSE:ISS), which fell 3.84% or 4.95 points to trade at 123.80 at the close. AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CSE:MAERSKb) declined 3.24% or 340.00 points to end at 10,145.00 and AP Moeller - Maersk A/S A (CSE:MAERSKa) was down 3.12% or 320.00 points to 9,950.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 75 to 66 and 18 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for April delivery was down 1.69% or 1.33 to $77.28 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 1.58% or 1.32 to hit $82.35 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.62% or 12.65 to trade at $2,043.35 a troy ounce.

USD/DKK was unchanged 0.01% to 6.89, while EUR/DKK unchanged 0.01% to 7.45.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 103.86.