Investing.com – Denmark equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Chemicals, Oil & Gas and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 added 0.04%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were William Demant Holding AS (CO:WDH), which rose 1.99% or 5.0 points to trade at 256.8 at the close. Lundbeck A/S (CO:LUN) added 1.68% or 6.2 points to end at 374.6 and Oersted A/S (CO:ORSTED) was up 1.18% or 4.70 points to 404.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Danske Bank A/S (CO:DANSKE), which lost 4.19% or 7.8 points to trade at 177.0 in late trade. FLSmidth & Co. (CO:FLS) declined 2.11% or 8.1 points to end at 375.6 and AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CO:MAERSKb) shed 1.43% or 132 points to 9124.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 69 to 58 and 14 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.77% or 0.52 to $67.25 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.43% or 0.33 to hit $76.17 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.25% or 3.00 to trade at $1201.30 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.57% to 6.4514, while EUR/DKK rose 0.01% to 7.4568.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.38% at 95.35.