Investing.com – Denmark equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Chemicals, Healthcare and Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 added 0.59%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were GN Store Nord (CO:GN), which rose 2.61% or 6.7 points to trade at 263.6 at the close. William Demant Holding AS (CO:WDH) added 2.19% or 4.3 points to end at 200.8 and Ambu A/S (CO:AMBUb) was up 1.96% or 2.3 points to 119.4 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Pandora A/S (CO:PNDORA), which lost 2.10% or 7.3 points to trade at 340.7 in late trade. Danske Bank A/S (CO:DANSKE) declined 1.69% or 2.4 points to end at 136.8 and Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CO:VWS) shed 1.02% or 4.8 points to 465.2.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 63 to 60 and 13 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.09% or 0.05 to $56.41 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.06% or 0.04 to hit $66.66 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.93% or 23.10 to trade at $1222.30 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.75% to 6.5370, while EUR/DKK rose 0.00% to 7.4621.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.50% at 96.31.