Investing.com – Denmark stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Healthcare, Chemicals and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 fell 0.26% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were GN Store Nord (CO:GN), which rose 7.65% or 9.9 points to trade at 139.3 at the close. Meanwhile, Pandora A/S (CO:PNDORA) added 3.83% or 33.0 points to end at 893.5 and Carlsberg A/S B (CO:CARLb) was up 1.39% or 9.0 points to 655.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were FLSmidth & Co. (CO:FLS), which fell 6.14% or 16.0 points to trade at 244.7 at the close. Lundbeck A/S (CO:LUN) declined 2.34% or 6.4 points to end at 267.1 and TDC A/S (CO:TDC) was down 2.01% or 0.75 points to 36.61.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 78 to 62 and 22 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 4.84% or 2.02 to $43.73 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 4.79% or 2.11 to hit $46.16 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.00% or 0.05 to trade at $1351.95 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.18% to 6.6671, while EUR/DKK rose 0.00% to 7.4386.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.13% at 95.71.