Investing.com – Denmark equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Industrials, Healthcare and Chemicals sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 lost 0.37%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were William Demant Holding (COP:WDH), which rose 1.73% or 10.0 points to trade at 587.0 at the close. Jyske Bank A/S (COP:JYSK) added 1.56% or 4.8 points to end at 313.0 and Nordea Bank AB (COP:NDA) was up 1.49% or 1.30 points to 88.30 in late trade.
Biggest losers included A.P. Moller - Maersk B (COP:MAERSKb), which lost 2.10% or 310 points to trade at 14470 in late trade. A.P. Moller - Maersk A (COP:MAERSKa) declined 1.75% or 250 points to end at 14060 and Chr. Hansen Holding A/S (COP:CHRH) shed 1.56% or 5.6 points to 353.4.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 102 to 62 and 6 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.39% or 0.20 to $51.84 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.25% or 0.15 to hit $59.10 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.44% or 5.30 to trade at $1199.30 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.19% to 7.0597, while EUR/DKK fell 0.02% to 7.4715.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.09% at 99.72.