Investing.com – Denmark equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Industrials, Technology and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 fell 0.17%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Novozymes A/S B (CO:NZYMb), which rose 1.12% or 3.0 points to trade at 271.8 at the close. Novo Nordisk A/S B (CO:NOVOb) added 0.82% or 1.9 points to end at 233.5 and Coloplast A/S (CO:COLOb) was up 0.55% or 3.0 points to 548.5 in late trade.
Biggest losers included AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CO:MAERSKb), which lost 2.08% or 240 points to trade at 11310 in late trade. AP Moeller - Maersk A/S A (CO:MAERSKa) declined 1.88% or 210 points to end at 10960 and Genmab (CO:GEN) shed 1.64% or 23.0 points to 1383.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 79 to 37 and 21 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.73% or 0.35 to $47.62 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.22% or 0.11 to hit $50.81 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.49% or 6.15 to trade at $1254.65 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.70% to 6.8422, while EUR/DKK fell 0.04% to 7.4401.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.65% at 98.94.