Denmark stocks lower at close of trade; OMX Copenhagen 20 down 0.71%

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At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 fell 0.71%.

The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Ambu A/S (CSE:AMBUb), which rose 3.79% or 8.7 points to trade at 238.5 at the close. Meanwhile, William Demant Holding A/S (CSE:DEMANT) added 1.38% or 2.3 points to end at 169.0 and Genmab (CSE:GMAB) was up 0.92% or 14.5 points to 1585.0 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Novozymes A/S B (CSE:NZYMb), which fell 4.54% or 15.3 points to trade at 321.8 at the close. ISS A/S (CSE:ISS) declined 3.98% or 3.90 points to end at 94.08 and Danske Bank A/S (CSE:DANSKE) was down 3.64% or 2.7 points to 70.4.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 98 to 36 and 15 ended unchanged.

Shares in Ambu A/S (CSE:AMBUb) rose to 52-week highs; up 3.79% or 8.7 to 238.5.

Crude oil for June delivery was down 44.79% or 9.15 to $11.28 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 25.50% or 6.52 to hit $19.05 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.87% or 14.85 to trade at $1696.35 a troy ounce.

USD/DKK was up 0.09% to 6.8708, while EUR/DKK fell 0.00% to 7.4561.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.33% at 100.385.