Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Real Estate and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 gained 0.14% to hit a new all time high.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Carlsberg A/S B (CSE:CARLb), which rose 6.38% or 55.6 points to trade at 926.6 at the close. Meanwhile, Royal Unibrew A/S (CSE:RBREW) added 3.80% or 22 points to end at 601 and Tryg A/S (CSE:TRYG) was up 2.67% or 5.1 points to 196.1 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Lundbeck A/S (CSE:LUN), which fell 1.63% or 4.0 points to trade at 242.0 at the close. Simcorp A/S (CSE:SIM) declined 1.29% or 9.5 points to end at 726.5 and GN Store Nord (CSE:GN) was down 1.03% or 3.9 points to 375.5.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 71 to 64 and 14 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.21% or 0.48 to $40.10 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.23% or 0.52 to hit $42.87 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.10% or 1.85 to trade at $1801.95 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.18% to 6.5889, while EUR/DKK fell 0.01% to 7.4462.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 96.608.