Investing.com – Denmark equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Chemicals, Real Estate and Software & Computer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 rose 0.33% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Chr. Hansen Holding A/S (CO:CHRH), which rose 3.10% or 17.5 points to trade at 582.5 at the close. Coloplast A/S (CO:COLOb) added 2.03% or 10.0 points to end at 502.5 and GN Store Nord (CO:GN) was up 1.57% or 3.1 points to 200.8 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Jyske Bank A/S (CO:JYSK), which lost 0.79% or 2.8 points to trade at 353.5 in late trade. Lundbeck A/S (CO:LUN) declined 0.73% or 2.2 points to end at 299.6 and Genmab (CO:GEN) shed 0.66% or 7.0 points to 1046.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 62 to 59 and 25 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.22% or 0.13 to $58.23 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.11% or 0.07 to hit $64.97 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.67% or 8.50 to trade at $1279.10 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.21% to 6.2826, while EUR/DKK fell 0.01% to 7.4437.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 92.95.