Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Chemicals, Consumer Goods and Personal & Household Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 rose 0.14% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were GN Store Nord (CO:GN), which rose 2.06% or 5.8 points to trade at 287.2 at the close. Meanwhile, William Demant Holding AS (CO:WDH) added 1.44% or 3.0 points to end at 212.0 and ISS A/S (CO:ISS) was up 1.26% or 2.80 points to 224.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Chr. Hansen Holding A/S (CO:CHRH), which fell 6.32% or 43.4 points to trade at 643.0 at the close. FLSmidth & Co. (CO:FLS) declined 2.32% or 8.4 points to end at 353.4 and Novozymes A/S B (CO:NZYMb) was down 1.37% or 4.6 points to 331.3.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 56 to 53 and 29 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 1.32% or 0.80 to $59.87 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 1.12% or 0.79 to hit $69.86 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 1.38% or 16.90 to trade at $1209.30 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.34% to 6.5859, while EUR/DKK rose 0.01% to 7.4596.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 96.78.