Investing.com – Denmark stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Healthcare, Industrials and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 lost 0.17%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Novozymes A/S B (CO:NZYMb), which rose 2.45% or 6.9 points to trade at 288.8 at the close. Meanwhile, Pandora A/S (CO:PNDORA) added 1.29% or 8.5 points to end at 666.5 and Chr. Hansen Holding A/S (CO:CHRH) was up 0.82% or 4.0 points to 494.2 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were AP Moeller - Maersk A/S A (CO:MAERSKa), which fell 0.92% or 120 points to trade at 12930 at the close. Lundbeck A/S (CO:LUN) declined 0.85% or 3.2 points to end at 373.1 and Novo Nordisk A/S B (CO:NOVOb) was down 0.83% or 2.3 points to 276.2.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 56 to 53 and 22 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.38% or 0.63 to $46.12 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.40% or 0.67 to hit $48.41 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.18% or 2.23 to trade at $1216.87 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.23% to 6.5317, while EUR/DKK fell 0.00% to 7.4367.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 95.67.