Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Personal & Household Goods, Consumer Goods and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 added 0.83%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Pandora A/S (CSE:PNDORA), which rose 3.06% or 8.6 points to trade at 290.1 at the close. Meanwhile, ISS A/S (CSE:ISS) added 2.46% or 3.90 points to end at 162.15 and Novo Nordisk A/S Class B (CSE:NOVOb) was up 1.64% or 6.3 points to 391.2 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CSE:VWS), which fell 1.39% or 9.4 points to trade at 668.6 at the close. William Demant Holding A/S (CSE:DEMANT) declined 1.37% or 2.9 points to end at 208.5 and AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CSE:MAERSKb) was down 0.64% or 62 points to 9560.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 85 to 44 and 21 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was down 1.44% or 0.88 to $60.30 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.77% or 0.51 to hit $66.03 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.20% or 2.95 to trade at $1481.45 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.42% to 6.7465, while EUR/DKK fell 0.01% to 7.4701.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.34% at 97.285.