Investing.com – Denmark stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Personal & Household Goods, Oil & Gas and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 fell 0.95%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were William Demant Holding A/S (CO:DEMANT), which rose 1.13% or 2.5 points to trade at 222.8 at the close. Meanwhile, Coloplast A/S (CO:COLOb) added 0.98% or 7.0 points to end at 723.6 and Novozymes A/S B (CO:NZYMb) was up 0.82% or 2.6 points to 320.2 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pandora A/S (CO:PNDORA), which fell 5.62% or 16.2 points to trade at 272.1 at the close. Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CO:VWS) declined 3.76% or 22.0 points to end at 562.6 and Danske Bank A/S (CO:DANSKE) was down 3.12% or 3.5 points to 108.6.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 83 to 40 and 19 ended unchanged.
Shares in Danske Bank A/S (CO:DANSKE) fell to 5-year lows; down 3.12% or 3.5 to 108.6.
Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.90% or 0.56 to $61.56 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.40% or 0.28 to hit $70.09 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.32% or 4.15 to trade at $1285.55 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.22% to 6.6560, while EUR/DKK rose 0.02% to 7.4664.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 97.218.