Investing.com – Denmark stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Personal & Household Goods, Oil & Gas and Software & Computer Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 lost 0.52%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were William Demant Holding A/S (CSE:DEMANT), which rose 2.37% or 5.4 points to trade at 232.8 at the close. Meanwhile, Coloplast A/S (CSE:COLOb) added 2.29% or 21.0 points to end at 937.8 and Oersted A/S (CSE:ORSTED) was up 1.31% or 9.40 points to 726.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pandora A/S (CSE:PNDORA), which fell 2.98% or 11.1 points to trade at 361.4 at the close. Simcorp A/S (CSE:SIM) declined 2.36% or 17.0 points to end at 702.5 and Novo Nordisk A/S Class B (CSE:NOVOb) was down 1.58% or 7.0 points to 432.6.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 78 to 54 and 18 ended unchanged.
Shares in Coloplast A/S (CSE:COLOb) rose to 5-year highs; up 2.29% or 21.0 to 937.8.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.79% or 0.40 to $50.55 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.49% or 0.27 to hit $54.66 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.11% or 1.75 to trade at $1571.75 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.33% to 6.8253, while EUR/DKK rose 0.04% to 7.4727.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 98.560.