Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Personal & Household Goods and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 gained 0.28%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Ambu A/S (CSE:AMBUb), which rose 4.80% or 5.10 points to trade at 111.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Coloplast A/S (CSE:COLOb) added 2.38% or 20.20 points to end at 869.40 and Pandora A/S (CSE:PNDORA) was up 2.13% or 12.20 points to 584.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were AP Moeller - Maersk A/S A (CSE:MAERSKa), which fell 3.77% or 470.00 points to trade at 11,990.00 at the close. AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CSE:MAERSKb) declined 3.56% or 450.00 points to end at 12,185.00 and GN Store Nord (CSE:GN) was down 0.34% or 0.60 points to 174.40.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 77 to 73 and 21 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.50% or 0.35 to $70.97 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.25% or 0.19 to hit $75.86 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.09% or 1.75 to trade at $1,972.45 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.14% to 6.82, while EUR/DKK unchanged 0.02% to 7.45.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 101.93.