Investing.com – Denmark stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Healthcare, Consumer Services and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 fell 1.81%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Danske Bank A/S (CO:DANSKE), which rose 3.30% or 7.6 points to trade at 238.1 at the close. Meanwhile, Coloplast A/S (CO:COLOb) added 1.98% or 9.8 points to end at 504.0 and Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CO:VWS) was up 1.31% or 6.5 points to 503.5 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Novo Nordisk A/S B (CO:NOVOb), which fell 7.29% or 18.2 points to trade at 231.3 at the close. AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CO:MAERSKb) declined 2.98% or 350 points to end at 11390 and AP Moeller - Maersk A/S A (CO:MAERSKa) was down 2.41% or 270 points to 10950.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 72 to 48 and 16 ended unchanged.
Shares in Danske Bank A/S (CO:DANSKE) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 3.30% or 7.6 to 238.1.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.20% or 0.11 to $53.77 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.07% or 0.04 to hit $56.84 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.82% or 9.95 to trade at $1218.25 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.21% to 6.8921, while EUR/DKK rose 0.01% to 7.4382.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 99.57.