Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Real Estate, Chemicals and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 rose 0.45%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Chr. Hansen Holding A/S (CO:CHRH), which rose 4.32% or 27.6 points to trade at 666.2 at the close. Meanwhile, Novozymes A/S B (CO:NZYMb) added 3.74% or 11.4 points to end at 315.9 and Ambu A/S (CO:AMBUb) was up 2.82% or 5.0 points to 182.2 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CO:MAERSKb), which fell 1.98% or 162 points to trade at 8012 at the close. Danske Bank A/S (CO:DANSKE) declined 1.84% or 2.3 points to end at 123.0 and FLSmidth & Co. (CO:FLS) was down 0.94% or 2.9 points to 304.2.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 74 to 60 and 19 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.87% or 0.54 to $62.64 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.71% or 0.49 to hit $69.89 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.15% or 1.95 to trade at $1296.25 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.05% to 6.6565, while EUR/DKK rose 0.01% to 7.4656.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 97.020.