Denmark stocks lower at close of trade; OMX Copenhagen 20 down 0.45%

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

At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 fell 0.45% to hit a new 6-months low.

The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Oersted AS (CSE:ORSTED ), which rose 0.49% or 2.10 points to trade at 429.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Carlsberg A/S B (CSE:CARLb ) added 0.22% or 1.80 points to end at 809.60 and Demant A/S (CSE:DEMANT ) was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to 259.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CSE:MAERSKb ), which fell 3.61% or 385.00 points to trade at 10,270.00 at the close. Zealand Pharma A/S (CSE:ZELA ) declined 3.37% or 27.50 points to end at 788.00 and AP Moeller - Maersk A/S A (CSE:MAERSKa ) was down 3.20% or 330.00 points to 9,970.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 81 to 42 and 26 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for November delivery was up 4.11% or 2.88 to $72.98 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 3.87% or 2.86 to hit $76.76 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.07% or 1.80 to trade at $2,671.50 a troy ounce.

USD/DKK was up 0.31% to 6.77, while EUR/DKK unchanged 0.02% to 7.46.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.38% at 101.81.

Source: Investing.com