Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Chemicals, Healthcare and Real Estate sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 gained 0.59%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were GN Store Nord (CO:GN), which rose 2.61% or 6.7 points to trade at 263.6 at the close. Meanwhile, William Demant Holding AS (CO:WDH) added 2.19% or 4.3 points to end at 200.8 and Ambu A/S (CO:AMBUb) was up 1.96% or 2.3 points to 119.4 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pandora A/S (CO:PNDORA), which fell 2.10% or 7.3 points to trade at 340.7 at the close. Danske Bank A/S (CO:DANSKE) declined 1.69% or 2.4 points to end at 136.8 and Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CO:VWS) was down 1.02% or 4.8 points to 465.2.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 63 to 60 and 13 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.14% or 0.08 to $56.38 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $66.63 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.93% or 23.10 to trade at $1222.30 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.77% to 6.5359, while EUR/DKK rose 0.00% to 7.4621.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.51% at 96.30.