Investing.com – Denmark equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Industrials and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 declined 1.12%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were GN Store Nord (COP:GN), which rose 0.55% or 0.8 points to trade at 147.2 at the close. TDC A/S (COP:TDC) added 0.48% or 0.25 points to end at 51.95 and Carlsberg A/S B (COP:CARLb) was up 0.24% or 1.5 points to 619.5 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tryg A/S (COP:TRYG), which lost 3.13% or 25.5 points to trade at 788.0 in late trade. Vestas Wind Systems (COP:VWS) declined 2.62% or 8.4 points to end at 312.4 and Chr. Hansen Holding A/S (COP:CHRH) shed 1.79% or 6.3 points to 345.3.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 126 to 40 and 4 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.69% or 0.39 to $56.00 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.34% or 0.21 to hit $63.10 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.38% or 4.60 to trade at $1196.70 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.49% to 6.9571, while EUR/DKK fell 0.07% to 7.4634.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.43% at 98.12.