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

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

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

The biggest gainers 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. 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.

Biggest losers included AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CSE:MAERSKb), which lost 3.61% or 385.00 points to trade at 10,270.00 in late trade. 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) shed 3.20% or 330.00 points to 9,970.00.

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

In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 3.98% or 2.79 to $72.89 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 3.73% or 2.76 to hit $76.66 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.12% or 3.10 to trade at $2,672.80 a troy ounce.

USD/DKK was up 0.31% to 6.77, while EUR/DKK unchanged 0.01% to 7.46.

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