Investing.com – Denmark stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Healthcare, Software & Computer Services and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 declined 0.60%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CSE:MAERSKb), which rose 4.27% or 340 points to trade at 8300 at the close. Meanwhile, Danske Bank A/S (CSE:DANSKE) added 3.61% or 3.6 points to end at 104.7 and Jyske Bank A/S (CSE:JYSK) was up 3.43% or 7.1 points to 213.9 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Lundbeck A/S (CSE:LUN), which fell 2.27% or 5.5 points to trade at 236.5 at the close. Ambu A/S (CSE:AMBUb) declined 2.15% or 2.5 points to end at 116.1 and Novo Nordisk A/S Class B (CSE:NOVOb) was down 1.64% or 5.6 points to 336.6.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 71 to 49 and 20 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.18% or 0.10 to $54.99 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.23% or 0.14 to hit $60.24 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.63% or 9.45 to trade at $1497.95 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.05% to 6.7419, while EUR/DKK rose 0.07% to 7.4668.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 98.218.