Investing.com – Denmark equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Healthcare, Personal & Household Goods and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 gained 2.03%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Novozymes A/S B (CO:NZYMb), which rose 2.88% or 9.0 points to trade at 322.0 at the close. AP Moeller - Maersk A/S A (CO:MAERSKa) added 2.79% or 280 points to end at 10300 and AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CO:MAERSKb) was up 2.75% or 290 points to 10840 in late trade.
Biggest losers included TDC A/S (CO:TDC), which unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to trade at 49.25 in late trade. Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CO:VWS) added 0.33% or 1.4 points to end at 426.4 and ISS A/S (CO:ISS) gained 0.57% or 1.30 points to 229.10.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 82 to 34 and 17 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.70% or 0.43 to $61.77 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 1.09% or 0.70 to hit $65.03 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.06% or 0.80 to trade at $1356.10 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.52% to 5.9871, while EUR/DKK fell 0.01% to 7.4480.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.43% at 88.85.