Investing.com – Denmark equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Healthcare, Chemicals and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 declined 0.26% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were GN Store Nord (CO:GN), which rose 7.65% or 9.9 points to trade at 139.3 at the close. Pandora A/S (CO:PNDORA) added 3.83% or 33.0 points to end at 893.5 and Carlsberg A/S B (CO:CARLb) was up 1.39% or 9.0 points to 655.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included FLSmidth & Co. (CO:FLS), which lost 6.14% or 16.0 points to trade at 244.7 in late trade. Lundbeck A/S (CO:LUN) declined 2.34% or 6.4 points to end at 267.1 and TDC A/S (CO:TDC) shed 2.01% or 0.75 points to 36.61.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 78 to 62 and 22 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 4.84% or 2.02 to $43.73 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 4.79% or 2.11 to hit $46.16 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.00% or 0.05 to trade at $1351.85 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.18% to 6.6668, while EUR/DKK rose 0.00% to 7.4386.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.12% at 95.70.