Investing.com – Denmark stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Healthcare, Personal&Household Goods and Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 fell 0.68%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were AP Moeller - Maersk A/S A (CO:MAERSKa), which rose 2.90% or 245 points to trade at 8700 at the close. Meanwhile, AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CO:MAERSKb) added 2.60% or 234 points to end at 9234 and FLSmidth&Co. (CO:FLS) was up 1.96% or 7.4 points to 384.6 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Novo Nordisk A/S B (CO:NOVOb), which fell 1.89% or 5.6 points to trade at 287.5 at the close. Novozymes A/S B (CO:NZYMb) declined 1.85% or 5.8 points to end at 308.1 and DSV (CO:DSV) was down 1.45% or 7.2 points to 488.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 57 to 55 and 26 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.55% or 0.38 to $68.85 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 1.08% or 0.79 to hit $74.27 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.49% or 6.60 to trade at $1346.90 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.30% to 6.0370, while EUR/DKK unchanged 0.00% to 7.4481.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 89.58.
