Investing.com – Denmark stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Healthcare, Consumer Goods and Personal & Household Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 fell 0.96%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Chr. Hansen Holding A/S (CO:CHRH), which rose 2.15% or 7.5 points to trade at 356.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Novozymes B (CO:NZYMb) added 1.04% or 2.9 points to end at 280.6 and DSV (CO:DSV) was up 0.58% or 1.6 points to 276.1 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were TDC A/S (CO:TDC), which fell 3.23% or 1.15 points to trade at 34.43 at the close. FLSmidth & Co. (CO:FLS) declined 3.05% or 8.1 points to end at 257.9 and Tryg A/S (CO:TRYG) was down 2.58% or 3.2 points to 120.8.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 97 to 56 and 9 ended unchanged.
Shares in DSV (CO:DSV) rose to all time highs; up 0.58% or 1.6 to 276.1.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 1.38% or 0.65 to $47.75 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.77% or 0.39 to hit $50.63 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.17% or 2.00 to trade at $1166.50 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.24% to 6.5530, while EUR/DKK rose 0.01% to 7.4612.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.13% at 94.77.