Investing.com – Denmark equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Real Estate, Oil & Gas and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 fell 1.59%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Demant A/S (CSE:DEMANT), which rose 2.27% or 6.00 points to trade at 270.20 at the close. NKT Holding (CSE:NKT) added 1.48% or 9.50 points to end at 649.50 and Zealand Pharma A/S (CSE:ZELA) was up 1.29% or 10.00 points to 787.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CSE:VWS), which lost 4.77% or 6.30 points to trade at 125.70 in late trade. Novo Nordisk A/S Class B (CSE:NOVOb) declined 2.17% or 17.80 points to end at 802.40 and AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CSE:MAERSKb) shed 2.11% or 220.00 points to 10,205.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 67 to 60 and 21 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 5.11% or 3.77 to $70.06 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 4.87% or 3.77 to hit $73.69 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.54% or 14.35 to trade at $2,679.95 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was unchanged 0.03% to 6.84, while EUR/DKK unchanged 0.01% to 7.46.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 102.92.