Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Financials and Software & Computer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 gained 0.19%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Ambu A/S (CSE:AMBUb), which rose 7.22% or 7.80 points to trade at 115.80 at the close. Meanwhile, GN Store Nord (CSE:GN) added 5.28% or 9.15 points to end at 182.60 and Jyske Bank A/S (CSE:JYSK) was up 4.36% or 22.60 points to 541.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pandora A/S (CSE:PNDORA), which fell 0.77% or 7.60 points to trade at 978.00 at the close. Novo Nordisk A/S Class B (CSE:NOVOb) declined 0.47% or 3.40 points to end at 725.60 and Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CSE:VWS) was down 0.44% or 0.89 points to 200.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 98 to 46 and 18 ended unchanged.
Shares in Ambu A/S (CSE:AMBUb) rose to 52-week highs; up 7.22% or 7.80 to 115.80.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 1.56% or 1.12 to $73.14 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 1.59% or 1.23 to hit $78.64 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 2.02% or 40.75 to trade at $2,059.95 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was unchanged 0.01% to 6.80, while EUR/DKK unchanged 0.00% to 7.46.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 101.98.