Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Personal & Household Goods and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 rose 0.83% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CO:VWS), which rose 4.46% or 17.9 points to trade at 419.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Lundbeck A/S (CO:LUN) added 4.24% or 19.0 points to end at 467.0 and Coloplast A/S (CO:COLOb) was up 2.30% or 15.4 points to 683.8 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Danske Bank A/S (CO:DANSKE), which fell 0.63% or 1.1 points to trade at 180.8 at the close. Jyske Bank A/S (CO:JYSK) declined 0.32% or 1.1 points to end at 348.1 and Novozymes A/S B (CO:NZYMb) was down 0.24% or 0.8 points to 333.1.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 64 to 59 and 16 ended unchanged.
Shares in Coloplast A/S (CO:COLOb) rose to 5-year highs; rising 2.30% or 15.4 to 683.8.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.03% or 0.02 to $68.22 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.28% or 0.20 to hit $72.78 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.42% or 5.20 to trade at $1229.20 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.53% to 6.3672, while EUR/DKK fell 0.01% to 7.4511.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.60% at 94.41.