Investing.com – Denmark stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Personal & Household Goods and Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 declined 0.20%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Demant A/S (CSE:DEMANT), which rose 1.56% or 5.6 points to trade at 363.9 at the close. Meanwhile, ISS A/S (CSE:ISS) added 1.08% or 1.70 points to end at 158.55 and Chr Hansen Holding A/S (CSE:CHRH) was up 1.07% or 6.2 points to 583.6 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ambu A/S (CSE:AMBUb), which fell 9.19% or 21.8 points to trade at 215.5 at the close. Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CSE:VWS) declined 3.31% or 8.4 points to end at 245.6 and Coloplast A/S (CSE:COLOb) was down 0.96% or 10.0 points to 1035.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 76 to 68 and 20 ended unchanged.
Shares in Demant A/S (CSE:DEMANT) rose to 5-year highs; up 1.56% or 5.6 to 363.9. Shares in ISS A/S (CSE:ISS) rose to 52-week highs; up 1.08% or 1.70 to 158.55.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.03% or 0.02 to $75.25 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.36% or 0.27 to hit $76.11 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.42% or 7.45 to trade at $1784.25 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.03% to 6.2764, while EUR/DKK rose 0.03% to 7.4360.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 92.405.