Denmark stocks lower at close of trade; OMX Copenhagen 20 down 1.37%

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 lost 1.37%.

The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Tryg A/S (CSE:TRYG), which rose 1.41% or 2.00 points to trade at 144.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Carlsberg A/S B (CSE:CARLb) added 1.00% or 9.40 points to end at 953.00 and DSV Panalpina A/S (CSE:DSV) was up 0.80% or 9.00 points to 1,131.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CSE:VWS), which fell 3.52% or 6.80 points to trade at 186.20 at the close. Novozymes A/S B (CSE:NSISb) declined 2.49% or 10.10 points to end at 395.10 and GN Store Nord (CSE:GN) was down 2.16% or 3.95 points to 178.70.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 78 to 70 and 15 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for May delivery was up 1.74% or 1.46 to $85.17 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 1.65% or 1.44 to hit $88.86 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.80% or 18.10 to trade at $2,275.20 a troy ounce.

USD/DKK was down 0.22% to 6.93, while EUR/DKK unchanged 0.01% to 7.46.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 104.54.