Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Real Estate, Consumer Services and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 gained 0.84%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Genmab (CO:GEN), which rose 3.42% or 41.0 points to trade at 1241.0 at the close. Meanwhile, AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CO:MAERSKb) added 1.68% or 166 points to end at 10040 and AP Moeller - Maersk A/S A (CO:MAERSKa) was up 1.59% or 150 points to 9600 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ISS A/S (CO:ISS), which fell 3.06% or 7.20 points to trade at 228.20 at the close. Lundbeck A/S (CO:LUN) declined 1.24% or 4.0 points to end at 319.1 and Chr. Hansen Holding A/S (CO:CHRH) was down 0.59% or 3.0 points to 509.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 78 to 46 and 14 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for April delivery was up 1.35% or 0.85 to $63.62 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 1.17% or 0.78 to hit $67.17 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.14% or 1.80 to trade at $1330.90 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.23% to 6.0540, while EUR/DKK fell 0.02% to 7.4459.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 89.77.