Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Consumer Goods and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 gained 1.66%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Ambu A/S (CSE:AMBUb), which rose 8.20% or 13.5 points to trade at 178.2 at the close. Meanwhile, Carlsberg A/S B (CSE:CARLb) added 4.53% or 34.0 points to end at 785.0 and Coloplast A/S (CSE:COLOb) was up 4.47% or 44.5 points to 1039.5 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were William Demant Holding A/S (CSE:DEMANT), which fell 5.87% or 8.7 points to trade at 138.8 at the close. ISS A/S (CSE:ISS) declined 4.33% or 3.98 points to end at 88.02 and Pandora A/S (CSE:PNDORA) was down 3.74% or 8.0 points to 206.1.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 77 to 51 and 23 ended unchanged.
Shares in William Demant Holding A/S (CSE:DEMANT) fell to 3-years lows; falling 5.87% or 8.7 to 138.8. Shares in Coloplast A/S (CSE:COLOb) rose to all time highs; up 4.47% or 44.5 to 1039.5.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 6.28% or 1.59 to $26.91 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 10.05% or 3.01 to hit $32.95 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.42% or 6.90 to trade at $1644.60 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.63% to 6.9198, while EUR/DKK rose 0.03% to 7.4678.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.57% at 100.840.