Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Consumer Goods and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 rose 0.38%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Ambu A/S (CO:AMBUb), which rose 5.25% or 9.4 points to trade at 188.4 at the close. Meanwhile, Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CO:VWS) added 3.65% or 15.4 points to end at 437.8 and Carlsberg A/S B (CO:CARLb) was up 1.85% or 14.0 points to 770.8 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Danske Bank A/S (CO:DANSKE), which fell 3.93% or 7.0 points to trade at 170.1 at the close. DSV (CO:DSV) declined 1.52% or 9.0 points to end at 583.0 and William Demant Holding AS (CO:WDH) was down 1.10% or 2.8 points to 252.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 85 to 43 and 11 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 1.01% or 0.71 to $71.03 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.10% or 0.08 to hit $78.78 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.77% or 9.30 to trade at $1202.00 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.30% to 6.3520, while EUR/DKK rose 0.02% to 7.4596.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.37% at 93.82.