Investing.com – Denmark stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Healthcare, Financials and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 declined 1.53% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Pandora A/S (CO:PNDORA), which rose 0.26% or 1.6 points to trade at 608.4 at the close. Meanwhile, TDC A/S (CO:TDC) fell 0.02% or 0.01 points to end at 49.69 and Carlsberg A/S B (CO:CARLb) was down 0.37% or 2.6 points to 706.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nordea Bank AB (CO:NDA), which fell 2.52% or 1.64 points to trade at 63.38 at the close. Novo Nordisk A/S B (CO:NOVOb) declined 2.18% or 6.7 points to end at 298.1 and Danske Bank A/S (CO:DANSKE) was down 2.14% or 5.0 points to 228.6.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 93 to 29 and 12 ended unchanged.
Shares in Nordea Bank AB (CO:NDA) fell to 52-week lows; down 2.52% or 1.64 to 63.38.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 1.10% or 0.72 to $64.45 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.63% or 0.44 to hit $69.03 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.39% or 5.20 to trade at $1326.70 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.28% to 6.0543, while EUR/DKK fell 0.01% to 7.4484.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 89.49.