Investing.com – Denmark stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Chemicals, Personal & Household Goods and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 lost 4.91% to hit a new 3-months low.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Coloplast A/S (CSE:COLOb), which fell 2.28% or 21.0 points to trade at 900.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Novo Nordisk A/S Class B (CSE:NOVOb) fell 3.19% or 13.1 points to end at 396.2 and AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CSE:MAERSKb) was down 3.32% or 214 points to 6224 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Danske Bank A/S (CSE:DANSKE), which fell 11.35% or 11.6 points to trade at 90.4 at the close. Novozymes A/S B (CSE:NZYMb) declined 9.83% or 34.4 points to end at 315.7 and Lundbeck A/S (CSE:LUN) was down 9.40% or 22.8 points to 219.8.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 150 to 3.
Shares in AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CSE:MAERSKb) fell to 5-year lows; losing 3.32% or 214 to 6224.
Crude oil for April delivery was down 20.40% or 8.42 to $32.86 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 20.28% or 9.18 to hit $36.09 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.13% or 2.10 to trade at $1674.50 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 1.55% to 6.5137, while EUR/DKK fell 0.05% to 7.4660.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 1.15% at 94.828.