Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Chemicals, Consumer Goods and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 gained 1.42%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were William Demant Holding A/S (CO:DEMANT), which rose 3.13% or 6.1 points to trade at 200.9 at the close. Meanwhile, Coloplast A/S (CO:COLOb) added 2.99% or 20.6 points to end at 709.6 and GN Store Nord (CO:GN) was up 2.80% or 9.3 points to 342.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CO:VWS), which fell 0.62% or 3.8 points to trade at 608.8 at the close. ISS A/S (CO:ISS) added 0.14% or 0.30 points to end at 208.00 and FLSmidth & Co. (CO:FLS) was up 0.74% or 2.4 points to 326.4.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 82 to 46 and 17 ended unchanged.
Shares in GN Store Nord (CO:GN) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.80% or 9.3 to 342.0.
Crude oil for June delivery was down 3.82% or 2.49 to $62.72 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 3.67% or 2.73 to hit $71.62 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.82% or 10.45 to trade at $1290.15 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.20% to 6.6929, while EUR/DKK rose 0.01% to 7.4657.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.22% at 97.708.