Investing.com – Denmark stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Personal & Household Goods and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 lost 1.62%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Chr. Hansen Holding A/S (CO:CHRH), which rose 0.29% or 2.0 points to trade at 697.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Coloplast A/S (CO:COLOb) added 0.20% or 1.4 points to end at 717.4 and Oersted A/S (CO:ORSTED) was up 0.16% or 0.80 points to 508.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CO:VWS), which fell 3.90% or 22.0 points to trade at 542.0 at the close. Pandora A/S (CO:PNDORA) declined 3.11% or 9.8 points to end at 305.2 and Novo Nordisk A/S Class B (CO:NOVOb) was down 2.41% or 8.3 points to 336.4.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 94 to 32 and 14 ended unchanged.
Shares in Chr. Hansen Holding A/S (CO:CHRH) rose to all time highs; gaining 0.29% or 2.0 to 697.0. Shares in Coloplast A/S (CO:COLOb) rose to 5-year highs; up 0.20% or 1.4 to 717.4.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 1.72% or 1.03 to $58.95 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 1.40% or 0.95 to hit $66.91 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.34% or 4.45 to trade at $1311.75 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.78% to 6.6117, while EUR/DKK rose 0.04% to 7.4637.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.20% at 96.183.