Investing.com – Denmark stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Personal & Household Goods and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 declined 0.48%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Danske Bank A/S (CSE:DANSKE), which rose 0.91% or 1.0 points to trade at 111.1 at the close. Meanwhile, Demant A/S (CSE:DEMANT) added 0.90% or 3.4 points to end at 379.4 and Rockwool International B (CSE:ROCKb) was up 0.64% or 21 points to 3291 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were GN Store Nord (CSE:GN), which fell 2.41% or 13.6 points to trade at 551.4 at the close. Ambu A/S (CSE:AMBUb) declined 1.77% or 4.2 points to end at 232.8 and Orsted A/S (CSE:ORSTED) was down 1.36% or 13.00 points to 944.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 73 to 66 and 25 ended unchanged.
Shares in Demant A/S (CSE:DEMANT) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 0.90% or 3.4 to 379.4. Shares in Rockwool International B (CSE:ROCKb) rose to all time highs; gaining 0.64% or 21 to 3291.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 1.04% or 0.75 to $73.14 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 1.15% or 0.85 to hit $74.72 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 1.68% or 30.30 to trade at $1830.00 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.34% to 6.2580, while EUR/DKK rose 0.03% to 7.4380.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.44% at 91.907.