Investing.com – Denmark equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Personal & Household Goods and Software & Computer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 rose 0.39%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Dong Energy A/S (CO:DENERG), which rose 2.40% or 6.30 points to trade at 268.90 at the close. Chr. Hansen Holding A/S (CO:CHRH) added 2.05% or 9.0 points to end at 447.6 and Coloplast A/S (CO:COLOb) was up 1.40% or 7.5 points to 544.5 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Genmab (CO:GEN), which lost 4.95% or 70.0 points to trade at 1343.0 in late trade. ISS A/S (CO:ISS) declined 1.57% or 4.20 points to end at 263.70 and AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CO:MAERSKb) shed 1.53% or 180 points to 11570.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 68 to 53 and 15 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.22% or 0.11 to $50.46 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.40% or 0.21 to hit $53.34 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.01% or 0.10 to trade at $1244.90 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.17% to 6.9564, while EUR/DKK fell 0.02% to 7.4373.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.23% at 100.22.