Denmark shares lower at close of trade; OMX Copenhagen 20 down 0.93%

Investing.com – Denmark equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Oil&Gas, Healthcare and Chemicals sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 lost 0.93% to hit a new 6-month low.

The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CSE:MAERSKb), which rose 4.02% or 435.00 points to trade at 11,260.00 at the close. AP Moeller - Maersk A/S A (CSE:MAERSKa) added 3.63% or 380.00 points to end at 10,850.00 and Novozymes A/S B (CSE:NSISb) was up 1.13% or 5.40 points to 482.20 in late trade.

Biggest losers included GN Store Nord (CSE:GN), which lost 3.91% or 6.10 points to trade at 149.80 in late trade. Carlsberg A/S B (CSE:CARLb) declined 2.59% or 21.20 points to end at 797.60 and ISS A/S (CSE:ISS) shed 1.98% or 2.70 points to 133.90.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 80 to 53 and 23 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.88% or 0.60 to $68.78 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.88% or 0.63 to hit $72.17 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.48% or 12.90 to trade at $2,655.20 a troy ounce.

USD/DKK was up 0.12% to 6.69, while EUR/DKK unchanged 0.03% to 7.45.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 100.33.