Investing.com – Denmark stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Personal & Household Goods and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 declined 0.06% to hit a new 52-week low.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were FLSmidth & Co. (CO:FLS), which rose 4.88% or 13.6 points to trade at 292.1 at the close. Meanwhile, A.P. Moller - Maersk B (CO:MAERSKb) added 2.05% or 180 points to end at 8970 and A.P. Moller - Maersk A (CO:MAERSKa) was up 2.03% or 170 points to 8550 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ISS A/S (CO:ISS), which fell 2.20% or 5.20 points to trade at 230.80 at the close. Chr. Hansen Holding A/S (CO:CHRH) declined 1.85% or 6.8 points to end at 361.1 and Carlsberg A/S B (CO:CARLb) was down 1.62% or 9.5 points to 576.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 80 to 57 and 23 ended unchanged.
Shares in FLSmidth & Co. (CO:FLS) rose to 52-week highs; up 4.88% or 13.6 to 292.1. Shares in Chr. Hansen Holding A/S (CO:CHRH) fell to 52-week lows; losing 1.85% or 6.8 to 361.1.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 2.21% or 0.96 to $42.45 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 2.10% or 0.94 to hit $43.81 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.13% or 1.65 to trade at $1225.95 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.98% to 6.9257, while EUR/DKK rose 0.02% to 7.4441.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.94% at 99.92.