Denmark stocks lower at close of trade; OMX Copenhagen 20 down 0.41%

Denmark stocks lower at close of trade; OMX Copenhagen 20 down 0.41%

Denmark stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Personal & Household Goods and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 fell 0.41%.

The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were A.P. Moller - Maersk A , which rose 1.87% or 155 points to trade at 8425 at the close. Meanwhile, A.P. Moller - Maersk B  added 1.72% or 145 points to end at 8555 and Nordea Bank AB  was up 0.74% or 0.45 points to 61.65 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Carlsberg A/S B, which fell 1.84% or 11.5 points to trade at 614.5 at the close. Chr. Hansen Holding A/S  declined 1.80% or 7.9 points to end at 430.4 and Pandora A/S was down 1.55% or 13.5 points to 855.0.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 77 to 64 and 17 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for May delivery was up 1.59% or 0.63 to $40.35 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 1.88% or 0.79 to hit $42.73 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 1.25% or 15.60 to trade at $1259.40 a troy ounce.

USD/DKK was down 0.13% to 6.5204, while EUR/DKK rose 0.03% to 7.4437.

The US Dollar Index was down 0.30% at 93.94.