Investing.com – Denmark equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Chemicals, Healthcare and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 fell 0.41%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CSE:VWS), which rose 4.54% or 4.50 points to trade at 104.00 at the close. Demant A/S (CSE:DEMANT) added 2.03% or 5.40 points to end at 271.60 and Carlsberg A/S B (CSE:CARLb) was up 1.90% or 14.00 points to 751.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CSE:MAERSKb), which lost 3.04% or 365.00 points to trade at 11,640.00 in late trade. AP Moeller - Maersk A/S A (CSE:MAERSKa) declined 2.69% or 310.00 points to end at 11,230.00 and DSV Panalpina A/S (CSE:DSV) shed 1.36% or 20.50 points to 1,483.50.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 66 to 60 and 25 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 2.61% or 1.86 to $69.38 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 2.52% or 1.88 to hit $72.75 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 2.77% or 75.70 to trade at $2,661.50 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.62% to 7.11, while EUR/DKK unchanged 0.01% to 7.46.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.54% at 106.93.