Investing.com – Denmark equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Financials, Oil & Gas and Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 gained 1.01%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Danske Bank A/S (CO:DANSKE), which rose 4.58% or 10.4 points to trade at 237.6 at the close. Nordea Bank AB (CO:NDA) added 3.10% or 2.25 points to end at 74.80 and Jyske Bank A/S (CO:JYSK) was up 3.02% or 9.8 points to 334.2 in late trade.
Biggest losers included AP Moeller - Maersk A/S A (CO:MAERSKa), which lost 2.22% or 230 points to trade at 10140 in late trade. AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CO:MAERSKb) declined 1.85% or 200 points to end at 10630 and FLSmidth & Co. (CO:FLS) shed 1.61% or 5.5 points to 335.5.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 81 to 39 and 19 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.29% or 0.73 to $57.42 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 1.83% or 1.14 to hit $63.34 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.31% or 3.90 to trade at $1249.20 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.08% to 6.3266, while EUR/DKK fell 0.00% to 7.4416.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 93.91.