Investing.com – Denmark equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Technology, Software & Computer Services and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 fell 1.64% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were A.P. Moller - Maersk B (CO:MAERSKb), which rose 0.99% or 100 points to trade at 10250 at the close. A.P. Moller - Maersk A (CO:MAERSKa) added 0.82% or 80 points to end at 9790 and Nordea Bank AB (CO:NDA) was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to 66.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Lundbeck A/S (CO:LUN), which lost 3.87% or 10.4 points to trade at 258.6 in late trade. DSV (CO:DSV) declined 3.38% or 11.2 points to end at 320.0 and FLSmidth & Co. (CO:FLS) shed 2.87% or 7.4 points to 250.1.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 117 to 32 and 17 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 2.86% or 1.36 to $46.26 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 3.16% or 1.58 to hit $48.41 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.42% or 5.65 to trade at $1335.95 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.42% to 6.6383, while EUR/DKK rose 0.00% to 7.4427.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.43% at 95.45.