Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Industrials, Personal & Household Goods and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 added 2.04%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were GN Store Nord (CO:GN), which rose 5.55% or 13.7 points to trade at 260.7 at the close. Meanwhile, AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CO:MAERSKb) added 5.35% or 436 points to end at 8590 and William Demant Holding AS (CO:WDH) was up 4.92% or 8.8 points to 187.8 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tryg A/S (CO:TRYG), which fell 0.18% or 0.3 points to trade at 164.5 at the close. Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CO:VWS) added 0.12% or 0.6 points to end at 495.3 and Oersted A/S (CO:ORSTED) was up 0.53% or 2.30 points to 438.30.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 104 to 23 and 15 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 1.66% or 0.78 to $47.87 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 1.73% or 0.97 to hit $56.92 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.61% or 7.85 to trade at $1286.95 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.06% to 6.5494, while EUR/DKK rose 0.02% to 7.4673.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 95.748.