Investing.com – Denmark stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Chemicals, Industrials and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 declined 1.46%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Tryg A/S (CSE:TRYG), which rose 0.77% or 1.6 points to trade at 209.8 at the close. Meanwhile, Coloplast A/S (CSE:COLOb) fell 0.02% or 0.2 points to end at 807.2 and Oersted A/S (CSE:ORSTED) was down 0.06% or 0.40 points to 626.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were FLSmidth & Co. (CSE:FLS), which fell 5.18% or 14.4 points to trade at 263.6 at the close. AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CSE:MAERSKb) declined 4.75% or 366 points to end at 7332 and Pandora A/S (CSE:PNDORA) was down 4.11% or 10.6 points to 247.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 97 to 26 and 16 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 2.95% or 1.59 to $55.54 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 2.50% or 1.51 to hit $62.01 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.81% or 25.95 to trade at $1458.35 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.22% to 6.7204, while EUR/DKK rose 0.02% to 7.4663.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.27% at 97.877.