Investing.com – Denmark stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Financials, Technology and Chemicals sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 lost 1.46%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Novozymes A/S B (CSE:NZYMb), which rose 1.67% or 6.5 points to trade at 395.8 at the close. Meanwhile, Tryg A/S (CSE:TRYG) added 0.76% or 1.5 points to end at 197.7 and Coloplast A/S (CSE:COLOb) was up 0.57% or 6.0 points to 1054.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Simcorp A/S (CSE:SIM), which fell 4.32% or 31.5 points to trade at 697.0 at the close. Ambu A/S (CSE:AMBUb) declined 3.51% or 8.2 points to end at 225.5 and Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CSE:VWS) was down 2.87% or 21.8 points to 737.2.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 87 to 48 and 12 ended unchanged.
Shares in Novozymes A/S B (CSE:NZYMb) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 1.67% or 6.5 to 395.8.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.62% or 0.25 to $40.35 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.61% or 0.26 to hit $42.98 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.09% or 1.55 to trade at $1812.55 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.53% to 6.5276, while EUR/DKK rose 0.03% to 7.4440.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.26% at 96.157.