Investing.com – Denmark stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Healthcare, Consumer Goods and Chemicals sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 lost 0.10%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Pandora A/S (CO:PNDORA), which rose 2.34% or 6.7 points to trade at 292.6 at the close. Meanwhile, Ambu A/S (CO:AMBUb) added 2.09% or 4.0 points to end at 192.7 and AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CO:MAERSKb) was up 1.83% or 158 points to 8776 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Genmab (CO:GEN), which fell 1.91% or 22.0 points to trade at 1127.0 at the close. Oersted A/S (CO:ORSTED) declined 1.57% or 8.00 points to end at 500.00 and Lundbeck A/S (CO:LUN) was down 1.54% or 4.4 points to 281.3.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 69 to 63 and 17 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.46% or 0.29 to $63.69 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.25% or 0.18 to hit $71.36 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 1.13% or 14.65 to trade at $1276.65 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.13% to 6.6124, while EUR/DKK fell 0.06% to 7.4623.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 96.678.