Investing.com – Denmark stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Personal & Household Goods, Healthcare and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 fell 0.39%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CSE:MAERSKb), which rose 1.63% or 220 points to trade at 13705 at the close. Meanwhile, Ambu A/S (CSE:AMBUb) added 1.60% or 3.4 points to end at 216.4 and Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CSE:VWS) was up 1.54% or 19.5 points to 1288.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Danske Bank A/S (CSE:DANSKE), which fell 2.76% or 2.8 points to trade at 98.3 at the close. Lundbeck A/S (CSE:LUN) declined 2.38% or 4.9 points to end at 200.7 and ISS A/S (CSE:ISS) was down 2.08% or 2.45 points to 115.55.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 78 to 56 and 17 ended unchanged.
Shares in AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CSE:MAERSKb) rose to 3-years highs; rising 1.63% or 220 to 13705. Shares in Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CSE:VWS) rose to all time highs; up 1.54% or 19.5 to 1288.0.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.09% or 0.51 to $47.50 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.82% or 0.41 to hit $50.70 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.99% or 18.15 to trade at $1850.25 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.04% to 6.1252, while EUR/DKK rose 0.01% to 7.4415.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 90.483.