Investing.com – Denmark equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Copenhagen Technology, Copenhagen Health Care and OMX Copenhagen Personal & Household Goods PI sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 declined 2.69% to hit a new 52-week low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CSE:VWS), which rose 1.31% or 1.40 points to trade at 108.40 at the close. Oersted AS (CSE:ORSTED) added 1.24% or 4.00 points to end at 326.60 and Tryg A/S (CSE:TRYG) was up 0.77% or 1.20 points to 157.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Genmab (CSE:GMAB), which fell 9.20% or 140.00 points to trade at 1,382.00 in late trade. AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CSE:MAERSKb) declined 5.23% or 700.00 points to end at 12,675.00 and Ambu A/S (CSE:AMBUb) down 4.82% or 5.90 points to 115.60.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones by 97 to 33 and 21 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.86% or 0.57 to $66.60 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.92% or 0.64 to hit $69.92 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.77% or 22.40 to trade at $2,921.80 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.82% to 6.83, while EUR/DKK unchanged 0.03% to 7.46.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.58% at 103.35.