Investing.com – Denmark stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Healthcare, Oil & Gas and Software & Computer Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 lost 1.17%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Carlsberg A/S B (CO:CARLb), which rose 0.48% or 3.5 points to trade at 737.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Oersted A/S (CO:ORSTED) added 0.17% or 0.60 points to end at 346.80 and ISS A/S (CO:ISS) was up 0.04% or 0.10 points to 232.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were GN Store Nord (CO:GN), which fell 2.40% or 4.8 points to trade at 195.3 at the close. Novo Nordisk A/S B (CO:NOVOb) declined 2.05% or 6.9 points to end at 329.5 and AP Moeller - Maersk A/S A (CO:MAERSKa) was down 1.34% or 135 points to 9975.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 77 to 49 and 16 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.42% or 0.24 to $57.28 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.09% or 0.06 to hit $63.25 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.01% or 0.10 to trade at $1257.00 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.02% to 6.3222, while EUR/DKK fell 0.01% to 7.4445.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 93.85.