Investing.com – Denmark stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Industrials, Chemicals and Personal & Household Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 fell 0.87%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CO:VWS), which rose 4.05% or 16.1 points to trade at 413.6 at the close. Meanwhile, Oersted A/S (CO:ORSTED) added 2.49% or 8.70 points to end at 358.70 and Carlsberg A/S B (CO:CARLb) was unchanged 0.00% or 0.0 points to 770.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CO:MAERSKb), which fell 3.29% or 370 points to trade at 10860 at the close. AP Moeller - Maersk A/S A (CO:MAERSKa) declined 3.26% or 350 points to end at 10380 and Genmab (CO:GEN) was down 3.08% or 35.0 points to 1101.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 96 to 24 and 24 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 1.78% or 1.17 to $64.39 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 1.16% or 0.80 to hit $68.40 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.13% or 1.80 to trade at $1338.50 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.19% to 5.9994, while EUR/DKK fell 0.00% to 7.4427.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.18% at 89.01.