Denmark stocks higher at close of trade; OMX Copenhagen 20 up 0.06%

Denmark stocks higher at close of trade; OMX Copenhagen 20 up 0.06%

Sep 10, 2018

Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Chemicals, Oil&Gas and Technology sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 rose 0.06%.

The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Chr. Hansen Holding A/S (CO:CHRH), which rose 1.58% or 9.8 points to trade at 628.8 at the close. Meanwhile, Ambu A/S (CO:AMBUb) added 1.51% or 3.2 points to end at 215.2 and Lundbeck A/S (CO:LUN) was up 1.17% or 4.4 points to 379.0 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Danske Bank A/S (CO:DANSKE), which fell 2.94% or 5.2 points to trade at 171.8 at the close. Genmab (CO:GEN) declined 1.88% or 20.0 points to end at 1043.5 and GN Store Nord (CO:GN) was down 1.86% or 6.2 points to 326.4.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 68 to 50 and 25 ended unchanged.

Shares in Danske Bank A/S (CO:DANSKE) fell to 52-week lows; falling 2.94% or 5.2 to 171.8.

Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.21% or 0.14 to $67.61 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.47% or 0.36 to hit $77.19 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.07% or 0.90 to trade at $1201.30 a troy ounce.

USD/DKK was down 0.39% to 6.4299, while EUR/DKK rose 0.01% to 7.4587.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.30% at 95.09.

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