Denmark stocks lower at close of trade; OMX Copenhagen 20 down 0.55%

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At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 fell 0.55%.

The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Simcorp A/S (CSE:SIM), which rose 2.21% or 16.6 points to trade at 769.2 at the close. Meanwhile, Danske Bank A/S (CSE:DANSKE) added 1.81% or 2.0 points to end at 109.8 and Tryg A/S (CSE:TRYG) was up 1.08% or 1.6 points to 150.1 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Chr Hansen Holding A/S (CSE:CHRH), which fell 6.67% or 35.5 points to trade at 496.5 at the close. Demant A/S (CSE:DEMANT) declined 4.87% or 14.7 points to end at 287.0 and AP Moeller – Maersk A/S B (CSE:MAERSKb) was down 4.83% or 840 points to 16565.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 75 to 72 and 21 ended unchanged.

Shares in Chr Hansen Holding A/S (CSE:CHRH) fell to 52-week lows; losing 6.67% or 35.5 to 496.5.

Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.04% or 0.03 to $80.47 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.16% or 0.13 to hit $83.31 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.21% or 3.75 to trade at $1798.45 a troy ounce.

USD/DKK was up 0.08% to 6.4227, while EUR/DKK rose 0.02% to 7.4407.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 94.035.