Denmark stocks lower at close of trade; OMX Copenhagen 20 down 0.73%

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At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 lost 0.73%.

The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were AP Moeller – Maersk A/S B (CSE:MAERSKb), which rose 0.82% or 190 points to trade at 23370 at the close. Meanwhile, AP Moeller – Maersk A/S A (CSE:MAERSKa) added 0.72% or 160 points to end at 22240 and Pandora A/S (CSE:PNDORA) was up 0.36% or 2.6 points to 726.6 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Ambu A/S (CSE:AMBUb), which fell 6.39% or 7.8 points to trade at 113.6 at the close. GN Store Nord (CSE:GN) declined 5.51% or 20.5 points to end at 351.3 and Genmab (CSE:GMAB) was down 3.23% or 72.0 points to 2157.0.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 103 to 52 and 17 ended unchanged.

Shares in Ambu A/S (CSE:AMBUb) fell to 52-week lows; losing 6.39% or 7.8 to 113.6. Shares in GN Store Nord (CSE:GN) fell to 52-week lows; down 5.51% or 20.5 to 351.3.

Crude oil for March delivery was down 1.68% or 1.57 to $92.09 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 1.71% or 1.62 to hit $93.19 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 1.39% or 26.10 to trade at $1897.60 a troy ounce.

USD/DKK was up 0.06% to 6.5440, while EUR/DKK rose 0.02% to 7.4394.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 95.775.