Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Personal & Household Goods, Financials and Real Estate sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 rose 0.17%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Pandora A/S (CSE:PNDORA), which rose 5.90% or 34.6 points to trade at 621.2 at the close. Meanwhile, Ambu A/S (CSE:AMBUb) added 4.33% or 13.7 points to end at 329.8 and Danske Bank A/S (CSE:DANSKE) was up 3.37% or 3.6 points to 111.8 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Rockwool International B (CSE:ROCKb), which fell 2.04% or 48 points to trade at 2306 at the close. Chr Hansen Holding A/S (CSE:CHRH) declined 1.64% or 9.4 points to end at 563.2 and Novo Nordisk A/S Class B (CSE:NOVOb) was down 1.15% or 5.1 points to 439.6.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 77 to 45 and 31 ended unchanged.
Shares in Ambu A/S (CSE:AMBUb) rose to all time highs; rising 4.33% or 13.7 to 329.8.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 1.28% or 0.72 to $56.95 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.90% or 0.53 to hit $59.53 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.90% or 16.20 to trade at $1807.40 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.55% to 6.1815, while EUR/DKK rose 0.01% to 7.4360.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.50% at 91.093.