Investing.com – Denmark stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Personal & Household Goods, Consumer Goods and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 declined 0.32%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CO:VWS), which rose 2.60% or 10.4 points to trade at 410.5 at the close. Meanwhile, AP Moeller - Maersk A/S A (CO:MAERSKa) added 2.28% or 185 points to end at 8295 and AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CO:MAERSKb) was up 1.83% or 158 points to 8794 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pandora A/S (CO:PNDORA), which fell 1.90% or 7.2 points to trade at 372.5 at the close. GN Store Nord (CO:GN) declined 1.56% or 5.0 points to end at 315.3 and Novo Nordisk A/S Class B (CO:NOVOb) was down 1.26% or 4.0 points to 310.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 66 to 57 and 15 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.41% or 0.27 to $65.73 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.36% or 0.26 to hit $71.69 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.08% or 1.00 to trade at $1185.00 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.28% to 6.5364, while EUR/DKK rose 0.02% to 7.4586.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.33% at 96.16.