Investing.com – Denmark stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Healthcare, Real Estate and Consumer Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 declined 0.02%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were GN Store Nord (CSE:GN), which rose 10.51% or 17.45 points to trade at 183.60 at the close. Meanwhile, Demant A/S (CSE:DEMANT) added 4.00% or 7.60 points to end at 197.60 and Ambu A/S (CSE:AMBUb) was up 3.70% or 3.50 points to 98.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Novo Nordisk A/S Class B (CSE:NOVOb), which fell 0.92% or 8.70 points to trade at 939.30 at the close. Novozymes A/S B (CSE:NZYMb) declined 0.68% or 2.40 points to end at 348.30 and Carlsberg A/S B (CSE:CARLb) was down 0.64% or 6.20 points to 970.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 102 to 50 and 15 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 1.78% or 1.43 to $81.58 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 1.68% or 1.45 to hit $87.57 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.87% or 16.85 to trade at $1,925.75 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.51% to 6.85, while EUR/DKK unchanged 0.00% to 7.44.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.47% at 101.89.