Investing.com – Denmark stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Industrials, Healthcare and Chemicals sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 declined 0.37%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were William Demant Holding (COP:WDH), which rose 1.73% or 10.0 points to trade at 587.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Jyske Bank A/S (COP:JYSK) added 1.56% or 4.8 points to end at 313.0 and Nordea Bank AB (COP:NDA) was up 1.49% or 1.30 points to 88.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were A.P. Moller - Maersk B (COP:MAERSKb), which fell 2.10% or 310 points to trade at 14470 at the close. A.P. Moller - Maersk A (COP:MAERSKa) declined 1.75% or 250 points to end at 14060 and Chr. Hansen Holding A/S (COP:CHRH) was down 1.56% or 5.6 points to 353.4.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 102 to 62 and 6 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.39% or 0.20 to $51.84 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.25% or 0.15 to hit $59.10 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.44% or 5.30 to trade at $1199.30 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.19% to 7.0597, while EUR/DKK fell 0.02% to 7.4715.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.09% at 99.72.