Investing.com – Denmark equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Chemicals, Industrials and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 added 0.22% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Jyske Bank A/S (CO:JYSK), which rose 2.07% or 5.6 points to trade at 276.7 at the close. A.P. Moller - Maersk A (CO:MAERSKa) added 1.76% or 150 points to end at 8695 and Nordea Bank AB (CO:NDA) was up 1.45% or 0.85 points to 59.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CO:VWS), which lost 0.60% or 2.8 points to trade at 464.4 in late trade. Genmab (CO:GEN) declined 0.58% or 7.0 points to end at 1206.0 and Novozymes A/S B (CO:NZYMb) shed 0.49% or 1.6 points to 326.5.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 71 to 68 and 21 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.22% or 0.09 to $41.23 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.19% or 0.08 to hit $43.15 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 1.03% or 13.75 to trade at $1354.95 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.77% to 6.6631, while EUR/DKK rose 0.01% to 7.4391.
The US Dollar Index was down 1.12% at 95.61.