Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Real Estate, Oil & Gas and Chemicals sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 rose 0.26%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Oersted A/S (CSE:ORSTED), which rose 1.55% or 10.40 points to trade at 680.60 at the close. Meanwhile, Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CSE:VWS) added 1.04% or 5.2 points to end at 505.6 and Chr. Hansen Holding A/S (CSE:CHRH) was up 0.86% or 5.0 points to 588.2 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ambu A/S (CSE:AMBUb), which fell 3.37% or 4.0 points to trade at 114.7 at the close. William Demant Holding A/S (CSE:DEMANT) declined 1.85% or 3.8 points to end at 201.6 and Genmab (CSE:GMAB) was down 1.43% or 20.5 points to 1409.5.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 68 to 57 and 19 ended unchanged.
Shares in Oersted A/S (CSE:ORSTED) rose to all time highs; up 1.55% or 10.40 to 680.60.
Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.39% or 0.22 to $56.08 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.05% or 0.03 to hit $60.98 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.38% or 5.75 to trade at $1531.25 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.08% to 6.7546, while EUR/DKK rose 0.04% to 7.4616.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 98.227.