Investing.com – Denmark equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Chemicals, Oil & Gas and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 rose 1.77%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were A.P. Moller - Maersk B (CO:MAERSKb), which rose 3.32% or 315 points to trade at 9800 at the close. A.P. Moller - Maersk A (CO:MAERSKa) added 3.21% or 290 points to end at 9330 and Danske Bank A/S (CO:DANSKE) was up 2.54% or 5.0 points to 201.9 in late trade.
Biggest losers included GN Store Nord (CO:GN), which lost 0.56% or 0.8 points to trade at 142.6 in late trade. William Demant Holding AS (CO:WDH) added 0.07% or 0.1 points to end at 134.3 and Coloplast A/S (CO:COLOb) gained 0.33% or 1.6 points to 485.8.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 109 to 30 and 16 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.56% or 0.28 to $50.16 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.54% or 0.28 to hit $51.75 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.08% or 0.95 to trade at $1256.65 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.60% to 6.7693, while EUR/DKK rose 0.03% to 7.4409.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.40% at 97.92.