Denmark stocks lower at close of trade; OMX Copenhagen 20 down 0.75%

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

At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 declined 0.75% to hit a new 1-month low.

The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Pandora A/S (CSE:PNDORA), which rose 1.67% or 9.60 points to trade at 585.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Danske Bank A/S (CSE:DANSKE) added 1.42% or 2.25 points to end at 161.20 and AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CSE:MAERSKb) was up 0.97% or 115.00 points to 11,920.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Royal Unibrew A/S (CSE:RBREW), which fell 3.66% or 22.60 points to trade at 596.00 at the close. Coloplast A/S (CSE:COLOb) declined 1.86% or 16.00 points to end at 844.80 and Chr Hansen Holding A/S (CSE:CHRH) was down 1.39% or 6.60 points to 468.40.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 92 to 49 and 17 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.01% or 0.01 to $69.17 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.18% or 0.13 to hit $74.14 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.38% or 7.35 to trade at $1,936.95 a troy ounce.

USD/DKK was down 0.17% to 6.82, while EUR/DKK unchanged 0.03% to 7.45.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.18% at 102.36.