Investing.com – Denmark stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Chemicals and Personal & Household Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 declined 0.93%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Coloplast A/S (CSE:COLOb), which rose 1.24% or 13.0 points to trade at 1061.5 at the close. Meanwhile, Danske Bank A/S (CSE:DANSKE) added 1.17% or 1.3 points to end at 112.5 and Novo Nordisk A/S Class B (CSE:NOVOb) was up 0.17% or 0.9 points to 542.2 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Chr Hansen Holding A/S (CSE:CHRH), which fell 5.48% or 33.0 points to trade at 569.0 at the close. Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CSE:VWS) declined 2.57% or 6.5 points to end at 246.5 and Novozymes A/S B (CSE:NZYMb) was down 2.32% or 11.1 points to 468.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 106 to 40 and 16 ended unchanged.
Shares in Novo Nordisk A/S Class B (CSE:NOVOb) rose to 5-year highs; up 0.17% or 0.9 to 542.2.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.39% or 0.28 to $72.48 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.42% or 0.31 to hit $73.74 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.30% or 5.35 to trade at $1796.75 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.38% to 6.2820, while EUR/DKK rose 0.03% to 7.4366.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.23% at 92.433.