Investing.com – Denmark stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Healthcare, Technology and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 lost 1.22%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were ISS A/S (CSE:ISS), which rose 2.04% or 2.01 points to trade at 100.65 at the close. Meanwhile, Pandora A/S (CSE:PNDORA) added 1.79% or 7.2 points to end at 409.4 and AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CSE:MAERSKb) was up 1.49% or 124 points to 8430 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were William Demant Holding A/S (CSE:DEMANT), which fell 4.22% or 8.4 points to trade at 190.7 at the close. Ambu A/S (CSE:AMBUb) declined 4.15% or 9.5 points to end at 219.4 and Coloplast A/S (CSE:COLOb) was down 3.62% or 40.5 points to 1079.5.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 64 to 59 and 21 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 1.32% or 0.54 to $41.55 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.59% or 0.26 to hit $44.41 a barrel, while the October Gold Futures contract rose 1.41% or 27.85 to trade at $2002.55 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.01% to 6.3289, while EUR/DKK rose 0.06% to 7.4488.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 93.442.