Investing.com – Denmark equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Personal & Household Goods, Healthcare and Chemicals sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 lost 0.64%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CSE:MAERSKb), which rose 2.96% or 360.00 points to trade at 12,520.00 at the close. AP Moeller - Maersk A/S A (CSE:MAERSKa) added 2.90% or 340.00 points to end at 12,050.00 and Danske Bank A/S (CSE:DANSKE) was up 1.55% or 3.20 points to 209.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Rockwool International B (CSE:ROCKb), which lost 1.53% or 40.00 points to trade at 2,580.00 in late trade. Coloplast A/S (CSE:COLOb) declined 1.22% or 10.80 points to end at 876.00 and Novo Nordisk A/S Class B (CSE:NOVOb) shed 1.15% or 9.00 points to 771.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 65 to 61 and 21 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.35% or 0.24 to $68.30 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.28% or 0.20 to hit $72.11 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.59% or 15.71 to trade at $2,660.49 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.55% to 7.06, while EUR/DKK unchanged 0.00% to 7.46.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.42% at 105.84.