Investing.com – Denmark equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Chemicals, Consumer Goods and Personal & Household Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 rose 0.14% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were GN Store Nord (CO:GN), which rose 2.06% or 5.8 points to trade at 287.2 at the close. William Demant Holding AS (CO:WDH) added 1.44% or 3.0 points to end at 212.0 and ISS A/S (CO:ISS) was up 1.26% or 2.80 points to 224.30 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Chr. Hansen Holding A/S (CO:CHRH), which lost 6.32% or 43.4 points to trade at 643.0 in late trade. FLSmidth & Co. (CO:FLS) declined 2.32% or 8.4 points to end at 353.4 and Novozymes A/S B (CO:NZYMb) shed 1.37% or 4.6 points to 331.3.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 56 to 53 and 29 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 1.30% or 0.79 to $59.88 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 1.09% or 0.77 to hit $69.88 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 1.37% or 16.80 to trade at $1209.40 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.33% to 6.5856, while EUR/DKK rose 0.01% to 7.4596.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 96.78.