Investing.com – Denmark stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Healthcare, Technology and Real Estate sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 declined 2.47% to hit a new 52-week low.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Oersted AS (CSE:ORSTED), which rose 3.63% or 10.90 points to trade at 311.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Demant A/S (CSE:DEMANT) added 2.40% or 6.80 points to end at 290.00 and Rockwool International B (CSE:ROCKb) was up 2.08% or 52.00 points to 2,554.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Novo Nordisk A/S Class B (CSE:NOVOb), which fell 4.34% or 26.10 points to trade at 575.60 at the close. AP Moeller - Maersk A/S A (CSE:MAERSKa) declined 2.42% or 250.00 points to end at 10,080.00 and AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CSE:MAERSKb) was down 2.03% or 215.00 points to 10,360.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 74 to 58 and 19 ended unchanged.
Shares in Novo Nordisk A/S Class B (CSE:NOVOb) fell to 52-week lows; losing 4.34% or 26.10 to 575.60.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.75% or 0.58 to $77.27 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.63% or 0.51 to hit $80.78 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.07% or 1.89 to trade at $2,752.79 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was unchanged 0.04% to 7.24, while EUR/DKK unchanged 0.05% to 7.46.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 108.97.