Investing.com – Denmark equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Healthcare, Personal & Household Goods and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 fell 1.60%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were ISS A/S (CSE:ISS), which rose 3.78% or 4.70 points to trade at 129.00 at the close. Oersted AS (CSE:ORSTED) added 3.17% or 13.00 points to end at 423.50 and Tryg A/S (CSE:TRYG) was up 1.32% or 2.00 points to 153.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Coloplast A/S (CSE:COLOb), which lost 2.86% or 26.40 points to trade at 895.60 in late trade. Zealand Pharma A/S (CSE:ZELA) declined 2.76% or 23.50 points to end at 826.50 and AP Moeller - Maersk A/S A (CSE:MAERSKa) shed 2.29% or 225.00 points to 9,595.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 79 to 50 and 21 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.84% or 0.58 to $69.78 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.74% or 0.54 to hit $73.24 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.47% or 11.90 to trade at $2,537.90 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was unchanged 0.03% to 6.73, while EUR/DKK unchanged 0.01% to 7.46.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 101.25.