Denmark stocks lower at close of trade; OMX Copenhagen 20 down 0.14%

Investing.com – Denmark stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Real Estate , Personal & Household Goods and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 fell 0.14%.

The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CSE:MAERSKb ), which rose 5.60% or 625.00 points to trade at 11,780.00 at the close. Meanwhile, AP Moeller - Maersk A/S A (CSE:MAERSKa ) added 5.41% or 580.00 points to end at 11,300.00 and GN Store Nord (CSE:GN ) was up 4.47% or 6.00 points to 139.20 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were NKT Holding (CSE:NKT ), which fell 7.95% or 49.50 points to trade at 573.00 at the close. Genmab (CSE:GMAB ) declined 2.16% or 33.50 points to end at 1,518.00 and Zealand Pharma A/S (CSE:ZELA ) was down 1.78% or 14.50 points to 801.50.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 85 to 49 and 19 ended unchanged.

Shares in Genmab (CSE:GMAB ) fell to 3-years lows; down 2.16% or 33.50 to 1,518.00.

Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.26% or 0.18 to $68.61 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.29% or 0.21 to hit $72.49 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.18% or 4.70 to trade at $2,581.80 a troy ounce.

USD/DKK was down 0.09% to 7.05, while EUR/DKK unchanged 0.00% to 7.46.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 106.39.

Source: Investing.com