Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Software & Computer Services, Technology and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 gained 0.02%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Orsted A/S (CSE:ORSTED), which rose 2.81% or 26.60 points to trade at 973.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Simcorp A/S (CSE:SIM) added 2.36% or 18.0 points to end at 779.5 and Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CSE:VWS) was up 1.64% or 18.0 points to 1115.5 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Demant A/S (CSE:DEMANT), which fell 2.40% or 6.2 points to trade at 251.7 at the close. ISS A/S (CSE:ISS) declined 1.67% or 2.00 points to end at 118.00 and Pandora A/S (CSE:PNDORA) was down 1.37% or 9.4 points to 678.2.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 77 to 66 and 14 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for April delivery was up 2.58% or 1.55 to $61.55 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 2.18% or 1.38 to hit $64.66 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.46% or 8.05 to trade at $1740.55 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.07% to 6.2445, while EUR/DKK rose 0.01% to 7.4363.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 91.933.