Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Healthcare, Personal & Household Goods and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 added 1.07%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Genmab (CO:GEN), which rose 2.95% or 33.5 points to trade at 1170.5 at the close. Meanwhile, Chr. Hansen Holding A/S (CO:CHRH) added 2.87% or 15.2 points to end at 544.0 and Lundbeck A/S (CO:LUN) was up 2.36% or 7.3 points to 316.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Jyske Bank A/S (CO:JYSK), which fell 2.43% or 8.6 points to trade at 344.6 at the close. Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CO:VWS) declined 1.77% or 7.8 points to end at 432.3 and AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CO:MAERSKb) was down 1.53% or 170 points to 10965.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 74 to 46 and 20 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was down 1.00% or 0.64 to $63.31 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 1.01% or 0.70 to hit $68.61 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.54% or 7.20 to trade at $1334.40 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.04% to 6.0820, while EUR/DKK fell 0.04% to 7.4431.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 90.34.