Investing.com – Denmark equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Chemicals, Healthcare and Software & Computer Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 lost 4.48% to hit a new 52-week low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Jyske Bank A/S (CO:JYSK), which fell 0.30% or 0.9 points to trade at 301.9 at the close. Tryg A/S (CO:TRYG) fell 0.45% or 0.7 points to end at 154.3 and Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CO:VWS) was down 0.49% or 2.0 points to 408.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ambu A/S (CO:AMBUb), which lost 14.70% or 23.4 points to trade at 135.8 in late trade. Novo Nordisk A/S Class B (CO:NOVOb) declined 7.24% or 21.9 points to end at 281.1 and GN Store Nord (CO:GN) shed 4.62% or 14.3 points to 295.4.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 104 to 19 and 15 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 2.39% or 1.83 to $74.58 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 1.66% or 1.43 to hit $84.86 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.13% or 1.60 to trade at $1201.30 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.21% to 6.4824, while EUR/DKK rose 0.00% to 7.4566.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 95.47.