Investing.com – Denmark stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Healthcare, Financials and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 fell 0.62%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were FLSmidth & Co. (CO:FLS), which rose 2.03% or 7.4 points to trade at 371.7 at the close. Meanwhile, Oersted A/S (CO:ORSTED) added 1.63% or 6.30 points to end at 392.80 and Pandora A/S (CO:PNDORA) was up 1.50% or 10.2 points to 688.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CO:MAERSKb), which fell 1.97% or 184 points to trade at 9170 at the close. Chr. Hansen Holding A/S (CO:CHRH) declined 1.91% or 10.6 points to end at 543.0 and Novo Nordisk A/S B (CO:NOVOb) was down 1.86% or 5.6 points to 296.1.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 67 to 46 and 26 ended unchanged.
Shares in AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CO:MAERSKb) fell to 52-week lows; falling 1.97% or 184 to 9170.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.69% or 0.46 to $67.53 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 1.04% or 0.75 to hit $72.77 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.58% or 7.80 to trade at $1349.70 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.06% to 6.0373, while EUR/DKK rose 0.02% to 7.4474.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 89.46.