Investing.com – Denmark equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Chemicals, Software & Computer Services and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 lost 4.83% to hit a new 3-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were FLSmidth & Co. (COP:FLS), which fell 0.40% or 1.1 points to trade at 275.6 at the close. William Demant Holding (COP:WDH) fell 1.20% or 6.5 points to end at 536.0 and Novozymes B (COP:NZYMb) was down 1.89% or 5.3 points to 274.8 in late trade.
Biggest losers included A.P. Moller - Maersk A (COP:MAERSKa), which lost 6.65% or 760 points to trade at 10670 in late trade. A.P. Moller - Maersk B (COP:MAERSKb) declined 6.47% or 760 points to end at 10990 and Danske Bank A/S (COP:DANSKE) shed 5.88% or 12.0 points to 192.2.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 155 to 6 and 1 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 3.24% or 1.31 to $39.14 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 3.68% or 1.68 to hit $43.78 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.23% or 2.70 to trade at $1156.90 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 1.53% to 6.4544, while EUR/DKK rose 0.01% to 7.4643.
The US Dollar Index was down 1.29% at 93.61.