Investing.com – Denmark stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Healthcare and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 lost 1.32%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Jyske Bank A/S (COP:JYSK), which rose 1.69% or 5.6 points to trade at 336.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Nordea Bank AB (COP:NDA) added 1.60% or 1.40 points to end at 88.95 and DSV (COP:DSV) was up 0.73% or 1.6 points to 221.2 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Novozymes B (COP:NZYMb), which fell 3.85% or 13.1 points to trade at 327.1 at the close. Vestas Wind Systems (COP:VWS) declined 3.13% or 9.8 points to end at 303.5 and FLSmidth & Co. (COP:FLS) was down 2.86% or 8.4 points to 285.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 107 to 52 and 5 ended unchanged.
Shares in Jyske Bank A/S (COP:JYSK) rose to 52-week highs; rising 1.69% or 5.6 to 336.0.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 3.28% or 1.84 to $58.00 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 3.36% or 2.10 to hit $64.83 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.35% or 4.10 to trade at $1191.00 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.91% to 6.8950, while EUR/DKK fell 0.02% to 7.4608.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.77% at 97.49.