Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Healthcare, Personal & Household Goods and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 added 2.03%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Novozymes A/S B (CO:NZYMb), which rose 2.88% or 9.0 points to trade at 322.0 at the close. Meanwhile, AP Moeller - Maersk A/S A (CO:MAERSKa) added 2.79% or 280 points to end at 10300 and AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CO:MAERSKb) was up 2.75% or 290 points to 10840 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were TDC A/S (CO:TDC), which unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to trade at 49.25 at the close. Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CO:VWS) added 0.33% or 1.4 points to end at 426.4 and ISS A/S (CO:ISS) was up 0.57% or 1.30 points to 229.10.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 82 to 34 and 17 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.70% or 0.43 to $61.77 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 1.07% or 0.69 to hit $65.02 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.06% or 0.80 to trade at $1356.10 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.52% to 5.9871, while EUR/DKK fell 0.01% to 7.4480.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.43% at 88.85.