Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Healthcare, Real Estate and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 added 0.71% to hit a new all time high.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CSE:MAERSKb), which rose 1.84% or 315 points to trade at 17415 at the close. Meanwhile, Chr Hansen Holding A/S (CSE:CHRH) added 1.84% or 10.2 points to end at 564.0 and DSV Panalpina A/S (CSE:DSV) was up 1.73% or 26.0 points to 1528.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Carlsberg A/S B (CSE:CARLb), which fell 1.57% or 18.5 points to trade at 1159.5 at the close. Orsted A/S (CSE:ORSTED) declined 1.33% or 12.60 points to end at 931.40 and ISS A/S (CSE:ISS) was down 1.27% or 1.90 points to 148.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 80 to 67 and 18 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.07% or 0.05 to $73.67 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.12% or 0.09 to hit $75.19 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.49% or 9.00 to trade at $1822.20 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.28% to 6.2730, while EUR/DKK rose 0.02% to 7.4379.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.32% at 92.162.