Investing.com – Denmark equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Chemicals, Financials and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 added 0.43% to hit a new 6-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Danske Bank A/S (CO:DANSKE), which rose 2.48% or 6.0 points to trade at 248.0 at the close. William Demant Holding AS (CO:WDH) added 2.36% or 3.6 points to end at 156.3 and Jyske Bank A/S (CO:JYSK) was up 2.07% or 7.4 points to 364.9 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Lundbeck A/S (CO:LUN), which lost 2.04% or 7.3 points to trade at 350.0 in late trade. TDC A/S (CO:TDC) declined 1.58% or 0.59 points to end at 36.65 and Chr. Hansen Holding A/S (CO:CHRH) shed 1.03% or 4.8 points to 460.2.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 65 to 42 and 28 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.06% or 0.03 to $49.00 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.04% or 0.02 to hit $51.84 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.16% or 2.00 to trade at $1267.90 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.24% to 6.8257, while EUR/DKK fell 0.01% to 7.4380.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 98.89.