FTSE 100 today: Index egdes higher, pound stays below $1.36
Investing.com – Denmark equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Healthcare, Software & Computer Services and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 declined 1.64%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Pandora A/S (CSE:PNDORA), which rose 4.40% or 50.50 points to trade at 1,199.50 at the close. Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CSE:VWS) added 3.66% or 4.00 points to end at 112.00 and Oersted AS (CSE:ORSTED) was up 2.93% or 8.00 points to 281.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Zealand Pharma A/S (CSE:ZELA), which lost 7.98% or 36.00 points to trade at 415.40 in late trade. Novo Nordisk A/S Class B (CSE:NOVOb) declined 3.51% or 18.10 points to end at 498.10 and Carlsberg A/S B (CSE:CARLb) shed 3.00% or 28.00 points to 904.40.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 68 to 61 and 14 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 3.17% or 2.26 to $69.03 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 3.21% or 2.38 to hit $71.85 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.85% or 29.49 to trade at $3,423.31 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.34% to 6.43, while EUR/DKK unchanged 0.00% to 7.46.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.32% at 97.43.