Investing.com – Denmark equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Healthcare, Oil & Gas and Software & Computer Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 lost 1.52%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were DSV (CO:DSV), which rose 1.40% or 4.5 points to trade at 325.7 at the close. Chr. Hansen Holding A/S (CO:CHRH) added 1.13% or 4.6 points to end at 413.0 and Jyske Bank A/S (CO:JYSK) was up 1.13% or 3.7 points to 330.7 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Novo Nordisk A/S B (CO:NOVOb), which lost 4.00% or 10.2 points to trade at 245.1 in late trade. Genmab (CO:GEN) declined 3.18% or 41.0 points to end at 1250.0 and Lundbeck A/S (CO:LUN) shed 3.12% or 9.5 points to 295.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 72 to 42 and 18 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 1.47% or 0.77 to $53.02 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 1.80% or 0.99 to hit $56.09 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.37% or 4.40 to trade at $1201.00 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.71% to 6.9752, while EUR/DKK rose 0.00% to 7.4345.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.66% at 101.03.