Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Chemicals and Software & Computer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 added 0.22% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Novozymes A/S B (CSE:NZYMb), which rose 2.10% or 6.5 points to trade at 316.5 at the close. Meanwhile, AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CSE:MAERSKb) added 2.00% or 168 points to end at 8552 and Ambu A/S (CSE:AMBUb) was up 1.90% or 2.0 points to 107.5 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Carlsberg A/S B (CSE:CARLb), which fell 1.54% or 15.0 points to trade at 957.8 at the close. Tryg A/S (CSE:TRYG) declined 1.17% or 2.2 points to end at 185.9 and Pandora A/S (CSE:PNDORA) was down 0.63% or 2.0 points to 316.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 79 to 58 and 14 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.21% or 0.12 to $56.35 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.15% or 0.09 to hit $61.58 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.03% or 0.45 to trade at $1505.15 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.25% to 6.7439, while EUR/DKK rose 0.01% to 7.4704.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 97.657.