Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Healthcare, Consumer Goods and Personal & Household Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 gained 3.14%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were GN Store Nord (CSE:GN), which rose 8.10% or 18.30 points to trade at 244.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Chr Hansen Holding A/S (CSE:CHRH) added 6.28% or 31.10 points to end at 526.20 and Novozymes A/S B (CSE:NZYMb) was up 5.24% or 20.80 points to 418.10 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CSE:VWS), which fell 2.16% or 3.64 points to trade at 164.50 at the close. Ambu A/S (CSE:AMBUb) added 1.88% or 1.42 points to end at 77.10 and Danske Bank A/S (CSE:DANSKE) was up 1.90% or 2.00 points to 107.50.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 101 to 50 and 15 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 3.37% or 3.51 to $107.78 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 3.05% or 3.36 to hit $113.41 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.10% or 1.80 to trade at $1,831.60 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.21% to 7.05, while EUR/DKK unchanged 0.02% to 7.44.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.27% at 103.91.