Investing.com – Denmark stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Industrials and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 lost 0.55%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were GN Store Nord (CO:GN), which rose 6.30% or 11.9 points to trade at 200.7 at the close. Meanwhile, Carlsberg A/S B (CO:CARLb) added 3.19% or 21.5 points to end at 696.0 and Novo Nordisk A/S B (CO:NOVOb) was up 2.10% or 6.0 points to 292.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ISS A/S (CO:ISS), which fell 8.74% or 22.80 points to trade at 238.00 at the close. Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CO:VWS) declined 7.95% or 49.5 points to end at 573.0 and AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CO:MAERSKb) was down 4.03% or 540 points to 12850.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 63 to 49 and 23 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.36% or 0.17 to $46.95 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 1.05% or 0.53 to hit $50.80 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.63% or 8.08 to trade at $1290.98 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.18% to 6.3319, while EUR/DKK fell 0.02% to 7.4357.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 93.53.