Investing.com – Denmark stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Healthcare, Financials and Chemicals sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 lost 0.40%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were DSV Panalpina A/S (CSE:DSV), which rose 8.60% or 99.00 points to trade at 1,250.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Demant A/S (CSE:DEMANT) added 6.92% or 13.70 points to end at 211.80 and Bavarian Nordic (CSE:BAVA) was up 6.43% or 13.70 points to 226.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Danske Bank A/S (CSE:DANSKE), which fell 5.04% or 7.25 points to trade at 136.60 at the close. Novo Nordisk A/S Class B (CSE:NOVOb) declined 3.85% or 36.30 points to end at 906.10 and Genmab (CSE:GMAB) was down 2.03% or 54.00 points to 2,604.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 108 to 45 and 20 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.76% or 0.58 to $75.83 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.78% or 0.65 to hit $82.19 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.50% or 9.65 to trade at $1,933.15 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.69% to 6.82, while EUR/DKK unchanged 0.03% to 7.44.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.42% at 101.45.