Investing.com – Denmark stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Healthcare and Personal & Household Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 fell 0.33%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CO:MAERSKb), which rose 3.36% or 310 points to trade at 9544 at the close. Meanwhile, AP Moeller - Maersk A/S A (CO:MAERSKa) added 2.93% or 255 points to end at 8955 and Nordea Bank AB (CO:NDA) was up 0.28% or 0.18 points to 63.62 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were FLSmidth & Co. (CO:FLS), which fell 1.30% or 5.0 points to trade at 379.6 at the close. Lundbeck A/S (CO:LUN) declined 1.26% or 4.4 points to end at 343.5 and Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CO:VWS) was down 1.25% or 5.2 points to 411.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 61 to 59 and 18 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.09% or 0.06 to $68.23 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.15% or 0.11 to hit $73.67 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.73% or 9.90 to trade at $1338.90 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.51% to 6.0637, while EUR/DKK fell 0.00% to 7.4481.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.47% at 90.06.