Investing.com – Denmark stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Healthcare, Chemicals and Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 declined 1.58% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Nordea Bank AB (CO:NDA), which rose 0.67% or 0.40 points to trade at 60.05 at the close. Meanwhile, Danske Bank A/S (CO:DANSKE) added 0.61% or 1.1 points to end at 181.6 and Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CO:VWS) was up 0.27% or 1.3 points to 475.2 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Novo Nordisk A/S B (CO:NOVOb), which fell 3.64% or 12.0 points to trade at 318.0 at the close. Genmab (CO:GEN) declined 2.04% or 25.0 points to end at 1198.0 and FLSmidth & Co. (CO:FLS) was down 1.73% or 4.6 points to 261.6.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 72 to 69 and 21 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 2.92% or 1.22 to $43.02 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 2.51% or 1.11 to hit $45.38 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.10% or 1.35 to trade at $1343.05 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.06% to 6.7133, while EUR/DKK fell 0.00% to 7.4364.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.19% at 96.37.