Investing.com – Denmark stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Software & Computer Services and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 fell 0.59%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Novo Nordisk A/S Class B (CSE:NOVOb), which rose 1.08% or 3.5 points to trade at 323.9 at the close. Meanwhile, Oersted A/S (CSE:ORSTED) added 0.30% or 1.60 points to end at 537.60 and Tryg A/S (CSE:TRYG) was up 0.10% or 0.2 points to 208.8 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ambu A/S (CSE:AMBUb), which fell 4.75% or 5.8 points to trade at 115.4 at the close. AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CSE:MAERSKb) declined 4.42% or 342 points to end at 7390 and Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CSE:VWS) was down 3.58% or 20.4 points to 549.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 83 to 39 and 21 ended unchanged.
Shares in Oersted A/S (CSE:ORSTED) rose to all time highs; gaining 0.30% or 1.60 to 537.60.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 5.39% or 3.31 to $58.11 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 4.89% or 3.47 to hit $67.52 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.86% or 10.95 to trade at $1285.15 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.20% to 6.6823, while EUR/DKK rose 0.01% to 7.4685.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 97.743.