Denmark shares lower at close of trade; OMX Copenhagen 20 down 3.52%

Investing.com – Denmark equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Healthcare, Chemicals and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 lost 3.52% to hit a new 6-month low.

The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CSE:VWS), which rose 4.29% or 4.30 points to trade at 104.50 at the close. Oersted AS (CSE:ORSTED) added 3.58% or 13.60 points to end at 393.60 and NKT Holding (CSE:NKT) was up 1.05% or 6.00 points to 579.00 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Zealand Pharma A/S (CSE:ZELA), which lost 10.11% or 81.00 points to trade at 720.50 in late trade. Novo Nordisk A/S Class B (CSE:NOVOb) declined 5.36% or 40.30 points to end at 711.00 and Genmab (CSE:GMAB) shed 4.48% or 68.00 points to 1,450.00.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 79 to 50 and 20 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.82% or 0.56 to $68.14 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.77% or 0.56 to hit $72.00 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.15% or 3.95 to trade at $2,568.95 a troy ounce.

USD/DKK was down 0.16% to 7.07, while EUR/DKK unchanged 0.01% to 7.46.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 106.58.