Investing.com – Denmark stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Consumer Goods and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 lost 1.61% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Chr. Hansen Holding A/S (CO:CHRH), which fell 0.17% or 1.0 points to trade at 576.8 at the close. Meanwhile, Jyske Bank A/S (CO:JYSK) fell 0.22% or 0.5 points to end at 229.1 and Tryg A/S (CO:TRYG) was down 0.31% or 0.5 points to 161.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were FLSmidth & Co. (CO:FLS), which fell 4.88% or 14.5 points to trade at 282.8 at the close. Oersted A/S (CO:ORSTED) declined 4.11% or 18.50 points to end at 431.50 and Lundbeck A/S (CO:LUN) was down 3.78% or 10.9 points to 277.8.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 99 to 43 and 10 ended unchanged.
Shares in FLSmidth & Co. (CO:FLS) fell to 52-week lows; falling 4.88% or 14.5 to 282.8. Shares in Jyske Bank A/S (CO:JYSK) fell to 5-year lows; losing 0.22% or 0.5 to 229.1.
Crude oil for February delivery was down 3.58% or 1.67 to $44.94 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 3.69% or 2.04 to hit $53.25 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.80% or 10.15 to trade at $1279.90 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.79% to 6.5252, while EUR/DKK rose 0.01% to 7.4676.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.56% at 96.042.