Denmark stocks lower at close of trade; OMX Copenhagen 20 down 1.32%

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

At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 fell 1.32% to hit a new 1-month low.

The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Demant A/S (CSE:DEMANT), which rose 0.99% or 2.90 points to trade at 295.10 at the close. Meanwhile, Royal Unibrew A/S (CSE:RBREW) added 0.52% or 2.30 points to end at 442.00 and Coloplast A/S (CSE:COLOb) was up 0.51% or 3.80 points to 752.20 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Genmab (CSE:GMAB), which fell 6.56% or 145.00 points to trade at 2,065.00 at the close. Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CSE:VWS) declined 2.14% or 4.00 points to end at 182.80 and Jyske Bank A/S (CSE:JYSK) was down 1.74% or 8.30 points to 467.80.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 99 to 52 and 15 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for January delivery was down 3.53% or 2.52 to $68.80 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 3.42% or 2.60 to hit $73.43 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.18% or 3.65 to trade at $1,997.35 a troy ounce.

USD/DKK was down 0.19% to 6.91, while EUR/DKK unchanged 0.02% to 7.46.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 103.51.