Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Software & Computer Services, Technology and Personal & Household Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 rose 0.40%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CO:MAERSKb), which rose 2.59% or 236 points to trade at 9346 at the close. Meanwhile, AP Moeller - Maersk A/S A (CO:MAERSKa) added 2.44% or 210 points to end at 8805 and Danske Bank A/S (CO:DANSKE) was up 1.83% or 3.4 points to 189.7 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were FLSmidth & Co. (CO:FLS), which fell 1.12% or 4.4 points to trade at 387.7 at the close. Lundbeck A/S (CO:LUN) declined 0.79% or 3.0 points to end at 375.5 and Jyske Bank A/S (CO:JYSK) was down 0.48% or 1.6 points to 332.6.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 72 to 55 and 13 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 1.80% or 1.22 to $69.05 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 1.93% or 1.44 to hit $76.17 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.64% or 19.60 to trade at $1213.60 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.76% to 6.4151, while EUR/DKK fell 0.00% to 7.4595.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.55% at 95.02.