Investing.com – Denmark stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Healthcare and Personal & Household Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 declined 0.80%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Danske Bank A/S (CSE:DANSKE), which rose 1.72% or 2.0 points to trade at 118.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Coloplast A/S (CSE:COLOb) added 1.34% or 13.5 points to end at 1023.5 and Simcorp A/S (CSE:SIM) was up 1.01% or 8.2 points to 817.6 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Orsted A/S (CSE:ORSTED), which fell 6.70% or 64.80 points to trade at 902.20 at the close. Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CSE:VWS) declined 2.97% or 7.9 points to end at 258.2 and Royal Unibrew A/S (CSE:RBREW) was down 2.23% or 17 points to 755.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 78 to 57 and 19 ended unchanged.
Shares in Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CSE:VWS) fell to 5-year lows; down 2.97% or 7.9 to 258.2.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 1.25% or 0.80 to $64.66 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 1.32% or 0.88 to hit $67.66 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.35% or 6.25 to trade at $1767.65 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.09% to 6.1363, while EUR/DKK rose 0.05% to 7.4357.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 90.648.