Investing.com – Denmark stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Chemicals, Healthcare and Personal & Household Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 lost 2.80% to hit a new 6-months low.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Ambu A/S (CSE:AMBUb), which rose 2.65% or 4.0 points to trade at 154.9 at the close. Meanwhile, Royal Unibrew A/S (CSE:RBREW) added 1.16% or 9 points to end at 804 and GN Store Nord (CSE:GN) was up 0.67% or 2.6 points to 389.8 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were AP Moeller - Maersk A/S A (CSE:MAERSKa), which fell 4.76% or 1100 points to trade at 22020 at the close. Rockwool International B (CSE:ROCKb) declined 4.64% or 125 points to end at 2567 and AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CSE:MAERSKb) was down 4.44% or 1100 points to 23700.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 111 to 51 and 14 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 1.44% or 1.18 to $83.30 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 1.24% or 1.05 to hit $85.52 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.13% or 2.35 to trade at $1819.05 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.32% to 6.5164, while EUR/DKK rose 0.02% to 7.4409.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.31% at 95.070.