Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Software & Computer Services, Technology and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 added 0.26%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Novo Nordisk A/S Class B (CO:NOVOb), which rose 2.31% or 6.9 points to trade at 306.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Lundbeck A/S (CO:LUN) added 1.96% or 5.2 points to end at 270.7 and Carlsberg A/S B (CO:CARLb) was up 1.76% or 12.6 points to 730.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ambu A/S (CO:AMBUb), which fell 3.66% or 5.0 points to trade at 131.7 at the close. AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CO:MAERSKb) declined 3.30% or 320 points to end at 9380 and William Demant Holding AS (CO:WDH) was down 2.63% or 5.2 points to 192.5.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 73 to 44 and 22 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.37% or 0.19 to $51.26 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.47% or 0.28 to hit $59.63 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.25% or 3.10 to trade at $1227.30 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.65% to 6.5923, while EUR/DKK rose 0.01% to 7.4628.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.43% at 97.115.