Denmark stocks lower at close of trade; OMX Copenhagen 20 down 1.83%

Denmark stocks lower at close of trade; OMX Copenhagen 20 down 1.83%

May 15, 2018

Investing.com – Denmark stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Personal&Household Goods, Consumer Goods and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 lost 1.83%.

The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Jyske Bank A/S (CO:JYSK), which rose 4.05% or 14.3 points to trade at 367.4 at the close. Meanwhile, FLSmidth&Co. (CO:FLS) added 1.97% or 8.2 points to end at 425.2 and Oersted A/S (CO:ORSTED) was up 0.60% or 2.40 points to 405.10 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Pandora A/S (CO:PNDORA), which fell 15.54% or 103.2 points to trade at 561.0 at the close. Novo Nordisk A/S B (CO:NOVOb) declined 2.89% or 9.1 points to end at 304.5 and ISS A/S (CO:ISS) was down 1.54% or 3.30 points to 211.40.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 80 to 38 and 17 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.06% or 0.04 to $70.92 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.92% or 0.72 to hit $78.95 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 1.97% or 26.00 to trade at $1292.20 a troy ounce.

USD/DKK was up 0.43% to 6.2722, while EUR/DKK fell 0.02% to 7.4478.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.42% at 92.94.

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