Investing.com – Denmark equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Financials, Oil & Gas and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 rose 0.23%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Carlsberg A/S B (CO:CARLb), which rose 2.31% or 14.5 points to trade at 642.0 at the close. Nordea Bank AB (CO:NDA) added 1.77% or 1.15 points to end at 66.30 and Coloplast A/S (CO:COLOb) was up 1.69% or 8.5 points to 511.5 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Genmab (CO:GEN), which lost 0.94% or 10.0 points to trade at 1049.0 in late trade. Novo Nordisk A/S B (CO:NOVOb) declined 0.88% or 2.7 points to end at 304.8 and Pandora A/S (CO:PNDORA) shed 0.72% or 6.0 points to 833.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 86 to 62 and 17 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 2.99% or 1.29 to $44.45 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 3.04% or 1.38 to hit $46.83 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.56% or 7.35 to trade at $1324.45 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.36% to 6.6698, while EUR/DKK fell 0.02% to 7.4402.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.25% at 95.90.