Denmark shares lower at close of trade; OMX Copenhagen 20 down 0.63%

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

At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 lost 0.63% to hit a new 6-month low.

The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were AP Moeller - Maersk A/S A (CSE:MAERSKa), which rose 1.85% or 210.00 points to trade at 11,570.00 at the close. AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CSE:MAERSKb) added 1.82% or 215.00 points to end at 12,055.00 and DSV Panalpina A/S (CSE:DSV) was up 1.33% or 19.50 points to 1,485.00 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Zealand Pharma A/S (CSE:ZELA), which lost 6.11% or 44.00 points to trade at 676.50 in late trade. Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CSE:VWS) declined 4.02% or 4.20 points to end at 100.30 and NKT Holding (CSE:NKT) shed 3.02% or 17.50 points to 561.50.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 73 to 60 and 20 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 3.03% or 2.03 to $68.95 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 2.87% or 2.04 to hit $73.08 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.74% or 44.60 to trade at $2,614.70 a troy ounce.

USD/DKK was down 0.24% to 7.06, while EUR/DKK unchanged 0.00% to 7.46.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 106.43.