Investing.com – Denmark stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Healthcare, Consumer Goods and Personal & Household Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 lost 2.89% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were ISS A/S (CSE:ISS), which rose 1.68% or 2.00 points to trade at 121.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Ambu A/S (CSE:AMBUb) fell 0.23% or 0.3 points to end at 153.1 and Lundbeck A/S (CSE:LUN) was down 0.55% or 1.3 points to 233.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Genmab (CSE:GMAB), which fell 4.49% or 71.5 points to trade at 1522.0 at the close. Novo Nordisk A/S Class B (CSE:NOVOb) declined 4.05% or 16.7 points to end at 395.8 and Royal Unibrew A/S (CSE:RBREW) was down 3.33% or 20 points to 581.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 119 to 33 and 4 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for April delivery was down 4.61% or 2.17 to $44.92 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 3.36% or 1.74 to hit $49.99 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 3.44% or 56.55 to trade at $1585.95 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.01% to 6.7911, while EUR/DKK rose 0.05% to 7.4729.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 98.297.