Investing.com – Denmark stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Chemicals, Software & Computer Services and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 fell 0.55% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CO:MAERSKb), which rose 1.29% or 120 points to trade at 9400 at the close. Meanwhile, AP Moeller - Maersk A/S A (CO:MAERSKa) added 1.14% or 100 points to end at 8910 and Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CO:VWS) was up 0.89% or 3.9 points to 440.7 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Genmab (CO:GEN), which fell 1.58% or 20.0 points to trade at 1242.0 at the close. Chr. Hansen Holding A/S (CO:CHRH) declined 1.30% or 6.8 points to end at 515.0 and GN Store Nord (CO:GN) was down 0.98% or 2.1 points to 211.5.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 69 to 59 and 15 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.65% or 0.43 to $65.45 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.44% or 0.31 to hit $69.50 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.38% or 5.10 to trade at $1355.00 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.79% to 5.9816, while EUR/DKK fell 0.02% to 7.4468.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.54% at 88.62.