Investing.com – Denmark stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Financials, Chemicals and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 lost 0.42%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Ambu A/S (CSE:AMBUb), which rose 3.77% or 7.2 points to trade at 196.9 at the close. Meanwhile, Chr. Hansen Holding A/S (CSE:CHRH) added 2.09% or 13.6 points to end at 665.4 and AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CSE:MAERSKb) was up 1.45% or 145 points to 10160 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Danske Bank A/S (CSE:DANSKE), which fell 3.22% or 3.0 points to trade at 88.8 at the close. ISS A/S (CSE:ISS) declined 2.68% or 2.30 points to end at 83.64 and Novo Nordisk A/S Class B (CSE:NOVOb) was down 1.58% or 7.0 points to 432.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 84 to 42 and 20 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for December delivery was up 1.35% or 0.52 to $39.08 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 1.03% or 0.42 to hit $41.23 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.23% or 4.45 to trade at $1910.15 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.14% to 6.2911, while EUR/DKK rose 0.04% to 7.4408.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 92.868.