Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Healthcare, Chemicals and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 rose 0.15%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Ambu A/S (CSE:AMBUb), which rose 2.87% or 6.6 points to trade at 236.5 at the close. Meanwhile, Coloplast A/S (CSE:COLOb) added 2.00% or 21.5 points to end at 1094.5 and ISS A/S (CSE:ISS) was up 1.71% or 2.55 points to 151.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pandora A/S (CSE:PNDORA), which fell 2.33% or 20.0 points to trade at 840.0 at the close. DSV Panalpina A/S (CSE:DSV) declined 2.05% or 32.0 points to end at 1527.5 and Danske Bank A/S (CSE:DANSKE) was down 1.16% or 1.3 points to 111.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 84 to 61 and 15 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.49% or 0.35 to $72.00 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.45% or 0.33 to hit $73.80 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.92% or 16.85 to trade at $1812.15 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.02% to 6.2972, while EUR/DKK rose 0.02% to 7.4379.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 92.653.