Investing.com – Denmark equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Personal & Household Goods and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 fell 0.98% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Carlsberg A/S B (CSE:CARLb), which rose 3.34% or 25.60 points to trade at 791.20 at the close. GN Store Nord (CSE:GN) added 2.46% or 3.80 points to end at 158.40 and ISS A/S (CSE:ISS) was up 2.26% or 3.00 points to 135.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Zealand Pharma A/S (CSE:ZELA), which lost 5.19% or 45.50 points to trade at 830.50 in late trade. AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CSE:MAERSKb) declined 2.94% or 325.00 points to end at 10,730.00 and AP Moeller - Maersk A/S A (CSE:MAERSKa) shed 2.90% or 310.00 points to 10,380.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 83 to 42 and 22 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 1.85% or 1.29 to $68.40 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 1.65% or 1.20 to hit $71.70 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.29% or 7.80 to trade at $2,692.50 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.38% to 6.67, while EUR/DKK unchanged 0.02% to 7.46.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.33% at 100.29.