Investing.com – Denmark stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Healthcare, Oil & Gas and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 lost 2.82%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Pandora A/S (CSE:PNDORA), which rose 1.67% or 18.00 points to trade at 1,094.50 at the close. Meanwhile, AP Moeller - Maersk A/S A (CSE:MAERSKa) fell 0.95% or 100.00 points to end at 10,450.00 and Demant A/S (CSE:DEMANT) was down 1.04% or 2.80 points to 265.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Zealand Pharma A/S (CSE:ZELA), which fell 5.01% or 44.00 points to trade at 833.50 at the close. GN Store Nord (CSE:GN) declined 3.29% or 4.70 points to end at 138.00 and Novo Nordisk A/S Class B (CSE:NOVOb) was down 3.23% or 25.00 points to 748.90.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 93 to 30 and 26 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.75% or 0.51 to $68.55 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.65% or 0.47 to hit $72.30 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.44% or 11.50 to trade at $2,606.20 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.46% to 7.03, while EUR/DKK unchanged 0.01% to 7.46.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.47% at 105.96.