Denmark stocks lower at close of trade; OMX Copenhagen 20 down 0.83%

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

At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 fell 0.83%.

The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Pandora A/S (CSE:PNDORA), which rose 3.61% or 33.40 points to trade at 958.60 at the close. Meanwhile, Rockwool AS Class B (CSE:ROCKb) added 2.26% or 5.00 points to end at 217.00 and Zealand Pharma A/S (CSE:ZELA) was up 1.88% or 4.60 points to 249.60 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CSE:VWS), which fell 4.06% or 8.40 points to trade at 198.60 at the close. Novozymes AS (CSE:NSISb) declined 3.42% or 15.60 points to end at 440.20 and AP Moeller - Maersk A/S Class A (CSE:MAERSKa) was down 3.05% or 600.00 points to 19,070.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 59 to 59 and 16 ended unchanged.

Shares in Pandora A/S (CSE:PNDORA) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 3.61% or 33.40 to 958.60.

Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.59% or 0.51 to $86.34 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 1.05% or 0.97 to hit $91.60 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 2.05% or 84.43 to trade at $4,030.07 a troy ounce.

USD/DKK was up 0.69% to 6.71, while EUR/DKK unchanged 0.02% to 7.48.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.73% at 102.28.