Investing.com – Denmark equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Chemicals, Software & Computer Services and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 fell 0.55% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CO:MAERSKb), which rose 1.29% or 120 points to trade at 9400 at the close. AP Moeller - Maersk A/S A (CO:MAERSKa) added 1.14% or 100 points to end at 8910 and Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CO:VWS) was up 0.89% or 3.9 points to 440.7 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Genmab (CO:GEN), which lost 1.58% or 20.0 points to trade at 1242.0 in late trade. Chr. Hansen Holding A/S (CO:CHRH) declined 1.30% or 6.8 points to end at 515.0 and GN Store Nord (CO:GN) shed 0.98% or 2.1 points to 211.5.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 69 to 59 and 15 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.74% or 0.49 to $65.39 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.53% or 0.37 to hit $69.44 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.37% or 5.00 to trade at $1354.90 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.79% to 5.9818, while EUR/DKK fell 0.02% to 7.4469.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.54% at 88.62.