Investing.com – Denmark equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Healthcare, Personal & Household Goods and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 added 1.07%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Genmab (CO:GEN), which rose 2.95% or 33.5 points to trade at 1170.5 at the close. Chr. Hansen Holding A/S (CO:CHRH) added 2.87% or 15.2 points to end at 544.0 and Lundbeck A/S (CO:LUN) was up 2.36% or 7.3 points to 316.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Jyske Bank A/S (CO:JYSK), which lost 2.43% or 8.6 points to trade at 344.6 in late trade. Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CO:VWS) declined 1.77% or 7.8 points to end at 432.3 and AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CO:MAERSKb) shed 1.53% or 170 points to 10965.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 74 to 46 and 20 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 1.02% or 0.65 to $63.30 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 1.04% or 0.72 to hit $68.59 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.54% or 7.20 to trade at $1334.40 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.04% to 6.0820, while EUR/DKK fell 0.04% to 7.4431.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 90.34.