Investing.com – Denmark stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Healthcare, Consumer Services and Chemicals sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 fell 0.18%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were GN Store Nord (CO:GN), which rose 7.75% or 24.2 points to trade at 336.3 at the close. Meanwhile, FLSmidth & Co. (CO:FLS) added 4.29% or 13.4 points to end at 325.9 and Danske Bank A/S (CO:DANSKE) was up 2.30% or 2.9 points to 127.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Coloplast A/S (CO:COLOb), which fell 1.62% or 11.4 points to trade at 693.4 at the close. Novo Nordisk A/S Class B (CO:NOVOb) declined 1.46% or 5.0 points to end at 333.9 and Lundbeck A/S (CO:LUN) was down 1.21% or 3.5 points to 286.5.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 71 to 52 and 26 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.39% or 0.25 to $63.83 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 1.06% or 0.75 to hit $71.58 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.07% or 0.85 to trade at $1294.15 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.40% to 6.6065, while EUR/DKK rose 0.03% to 7.4646.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.25% at 96.570.