Investing.com – Denmark equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Software & Computer Services, Technology and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 rose 0.41%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Jyske Bank A/S (CO:JYSK), which rose 4.09% or 11.0 points to trade at 280.1 at the close. Coloplast A/S (CO:COLOb) added 2.97% or 17.6 points to end at 610.0 and Danske Bank A/S (CO:DANSKE) was up 2.94% or 3.9 points to 136.5 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Lundbeck A/S (CO:LUN), which lost 4.98% or 15.9 points to trade at 303.5 in late trade. Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CO:VWS) declined 2.19% or 9.2 points to end at 410.9 and Tryg A/S (CO:TRYG) shed 0.44% or 0.7 points to 157.5.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 87 to 41 and 12 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.77% or 0.49 to $63.20 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.15% or 0.11 to hit $72.78 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.19% or 2.40 to trade at $1233.60 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.24% to 6.5545, while EUR/DKK rose 0.00% to 7.4599.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.27% at 96.34.