Denmark stocks lower at close of trade; OMX Copenhagen 20 down 1.54%

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At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 fell 1.54% to hit a new 6-months low.

The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Chr Hansen Holding A/S (CSE:CHRH), which rose 1.17% or 5.4 points to trade at 465.6 at the close. Meanwhile, Pandora A/S (CSE:PNDORA) added 0.09% or 0.6 points to end at 696.2 and DSV Panalpina A/S (CSE:DSV) was down 0.45% or 5.5 points to 1207.0 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Ambu A/S (CSE:AMBUb), which fell 5.00% or 5.3 points to trade at 100.8 at the close. Royal Unibrew A/S (CSE:RBREW) declined 4.61% or 35 points to end at 721 and Carlsberg A/S B (CSE:CARLb) was down 4.30% or 45.5 points to 1012.5.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 125 to 38 and 12 ended unchanged.

Shares in Ambu A/S (CSE:AMBUb) fell to 52-week lows; losing 5.00% or 5.3 to 100.8.

Crude oil for April delivery was up 1.19% or 1.07 to $91.28 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 1.39% or 1.27 to hit $92.66 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.07% or 1.30 to trade at $1898.50 a troy ounce.

USD/DKK was down 0.14% to 6.5606, while EUR/DKK rose 0.03% to 7.4395.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 95.950.