Denmark stocks lower at close of trade; OMX Copenhagen 20 down 0.21%

Denmark stocks lower at close of trade; OMX Copenhagen 20 down 0.21%

May 20, 2019

Denmark stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Software&Computer Services, Technology and Oil&Gas sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 declined 0.21%.

The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Danske Bank A/S (CO:DANSKE), which rose 2.03% or 2.2 points to trade at 110.7 at the close. Meanwhile, Novo Nordisk A/S Class B (CO:NOVOb) added 1.15% or 3.6 points to end at 316.9 and Oersted A/S (CO:ORSTED) was up 1.07% or 5.60 points to 528.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CO:MAERSKb), which fell 4.59% or 366 points to trade at 7616 at the close. Pandora A/S (CO:PNDORA) declined 4.23% or 10.7 points to end at 242.0 and Ambu A/S (CO:AMBUb) was down 3.69% or 4.6 points to 120.0.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 78 to 51 and 21 ended unchanged.

Shares in Pandora A/S (CO:PNDORA) fell to 5-year lows; down 4.23% or 10.7 to 242.0. Shares in Oersted A/S (CO:ORSTED) rose to 52-week highs; up 1.07% or 5.60 to 528.00.

Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.48% or 0.30 to $63.22 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.14% or 0.10 to hit $72.31 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.02% or 0.25 to trade at $1275.95 a troy ounce.

USD/DKK was down 0.06% to 6.6882, while EUR/DKK rose 0.05% to 7.4697.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 97.762.

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