Investing.com – Denmark equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Financials and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 gained 0.68%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were GN Store Nord (CO:GN), which rose 1.76% or 3.6 points to trade at 207.8 at the close. AP Moeller - Maersk A/S A (CO:MAERSKa) added 1.69% or 200 points to end at 12050 and Chr. Hansen Holding A/S (CO:CHRH) was up 1.37% or 6.4 points to 472.5 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nets A/S (CO:NETS), which lost 1.11% or 1.40 points to trade at 125.20 in late trade. Carlsberg A/S B (CO:CARLb) declined 0.56% or 4.0 points to end at 712.5 and TDC A/S (CO:TDC) shed 0.50% or 0.19 points to 37.65.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 71 to 44 and 24 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.72% or 0.33 to $45.97 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.86% or 0.41 to hit $48.27 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.58% or 7.48 to trade at $1272.02 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.12% to 6.6405, while EUR/DKK fell 0.01% to 7.4372.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.29% at 97.23.