Denmark stocks lower at close of trade; OMX Copenhagen 20 down 0.72%

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

At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 declined 0.72%.

The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were NKT Holding (CSE:NKT), which rose 1.82% or 9.50 points to trade at 531.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Oersted AS (CSE:ORSTED) added 1.72% or 4.50 points to end at 266.40 and Zealand Pharma A/S (CSE:ZELA) was up 1.09% or 4.40 points to 408.90 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Genmab (CSE:GMAB), which fell 2.68% or 37.50 points to trade at 1,360.00 at the close. Ambu A/S (CSE:AMBUb) declined 1.75% or 1.80 points to end at 101.00 and DSV Panalpina A/S (CSE:DSV) was down 1.59% or 25.00 points to 1,546.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 82 to 47 and 21 ended unchanged.

Shares in Ambu A/S (CSE:AMBUb) fell to 52-week lows; down 1.75% or 1.80 to 101.00.

Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.98% or 0.60 to $61.80 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.82% or 0.53 to hit $64.97 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 1.94% or 63.96 to trade at $3,358.96 a troy ounce.

USD/DKK was down 0.48% to 6.58, while EUR/DKK unchanged 0.02% to 7.46.

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The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.62% at 99.22.

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