Investing.com – Denmark stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Personal & Household Goods, Healthcare and Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 fell 1.77%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Vestas Wind Systems (CO:VWS), which rose 2.58% or 11.8 points to trade at 469.2 at the close. Meanwhile, FLSmidth & Co. (CO:FLS) added 2.35% or 6.0 points to end at 260.8 and William Demant Holding (CO:WDH) was up 1.73% or 11.0 points to 646.5 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pandora A/S (CO:PNDORA), which fell 4.54% or 39.5 points to trade at 830.5 at the close. Jyske Bank A/S (CO:JYSK) declined 3.34% or 10.4 points to end at 301.3 and Tryg A/S (CO:TRYG) was down 2.90% or 3.7 points to 123.7.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 86 to 58 and 12 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for April delivery was up 3.72% or 1.43 to $39.89 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 2.36% or 0.95 to hit $41.28 a barrel, while the April Gold contract rose 2.93% or 36.00 to trade at $1265.80 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.91% to 6.5820, while EUR/DKK fell 0.04% to 7.4531.
The US Dollar Index was down 1.01% at 94.73.