Investing.com – Denmark stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Chemicals, Consumer Goods and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 declined 0.23%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Danske Bank A/S (CSE:DANSKE), which rose 2.60% or 2.3 points to trade at 89.3 at the close. Meanwhile, DSV (CSE:DSV) added 2.27% or 18.0 points to end at 809.8 and Oersted A/S (CSE:ORSTED) was up 1.88% or 14.20 points to 770.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ISS A/S (CSE:ISS), which fell 2.96% or 3.30 points to trade at 108.20 at the close. Coloplast A/S (CSE:COLOb) declined 1.64% or 17.0 points to end at 1018.0 and William Demant Holding A/S (CSE:DEMANT) was down 1.58% or 2.8 points to 174.9.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 69 to 61 and 15 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 2.96% or 1.14 to $39.63 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 2.30% or 0.94 to hit $41.87 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.04% or 0.75 to trade at $1781.05 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.17% to 6.6312, while EUR/DKK fell 0.03% to 7.4528.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 97.483.