Investing.com – Denmark equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Software & Computer Services, Technology and Chemicals sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 fell 0.84% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were FLSmidth & Co. (CO:FLS), which rose 2.54% or 6.1 points to trade at 246.7 at the close. TDC A/S (CO:TDC) added 0.42% or 0.15 points to end at 35.91 and Carlsberg A/S B (CO:CARLb) was up 0.07% or 0.5 points to 679.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Novozymes A/S B (CO:NZYMb), which lost 2.73% or 8.0 points to trade at 285.0 in late trade. Coloplast A/S (CO:COLOb) declined 2.36% or 12.5 points to end at 517.5 and Jyske Bank A/S (CO:JYSK) shed 2.36% or 6.7 points to 277.2.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 101 to 42 and 18 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 1.42% or 0.65 to $46.39 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 1.24% or 0.60 to hit $48.95 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.35% or 4.65 to trade at $1352.15 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.74% to 6.6037, while EUR/DKK rose 0.01% to 7.4412.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.77% at 94.84.