Investing.com – Denmark equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Real Estate, Software & Computer Services and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 gained 0.47%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Coloplast A/S (CO:COLOb), which rose 1.91% or 12.0 points to trade at 640.4 at the close. Jyske Bank A/S (CO:JYSK) added 1.42% or 4.8 points to end at 344.0 and ISS A/S (CO:ISS) was up 1.40% or 3.10 points to 224.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CO:MAERSKb), which lost 2.75% or 252 points to trade at 8910 in late trade. AP Moeller - Maersk A/S A (CO:MAERSKa) declined 1.97% or 170 points to end at 8440 and DSV (CO:DSV) shed 1.39% or 7.4 points to 523.6.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 76 to 40 and 16 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 4.59% or 3.01 to $68.55 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 2.52% or 1.84 to hit $74.89 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.04% or 0.50 to trade at $1271.00 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.39% to 6.3973, while EUR/DKK rose 0.01% to 7.4531.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.28% at 94.28.