Investing.com – Denmark stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Healthcare, Personal & Household Goods and Chemicals sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 declined 1.24% to hit a new 6-months low.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Nordea Bank AB (CO:NDA), which rose 1.70% or 1.10 points to trade at 65.65 at the close. Meanwhile, FLSmidth & Co. (CO:FLS) added 1.59% or 3.9 points to end at 249.8 and A.P. Moller - Maersk B (CO:MAERSKb) was up 0.94% or 90 points to 9710 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Novo Nordisk A/S B (CO:NOVOb), which fell 3.45% or 10.0 points to trade at 280.0 at the close. Lundbeck A/S (CO:LUN) declined 2.40% or 5.4 points to end at 219.4 and GN Store Nord (CO:GN) was down 2.26% or 3.3 points to 142.9.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 84 to 60 and 21 ended unchanged.
Shares in Novo Nordisk A/S B (CO:NOVOb) fell to 52-week lows; losing 3.45% or 10.0 to 280.0.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 2.40% or 1.13 to $48.18 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 2.17% or 1.07 to hit $50.31 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.09% or 1.15 to trade at $1322.55 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.25% to 6.6281, while EUR/DKK fell 0.00% to 7.4531.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.03% at 95.28.