Investing.com – Denmark equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Healthcare and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 gained 1.45%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Tryg A/S (CSE:TRYG), which rose 3.10% or 4.90 points to trade at 162.90 at the close. Novo Nordisk A/S Class B (CSE:NOVOb) added 2.24% or 18.00 points to end at 820.50 and AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CSE:MAERSKb) was up 2.22% or 219.00 points to 10,105.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Zealand Pharma A/S (CSE:ZELA), which lost 1.91% or 15.00 points to trade at 768.50 in late trade. DSV Panalpina A/S (CSE:DSV) declined 1.14% or 17.50 points to end at 1,511.00 and Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CSE:VWS) shed 0.62% or 0.90 points to 135.90.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 81 to 50 and 23 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.40% or 0.30 to $75.55 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.35% or 0.28 to hit $79.12 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.38% or 36.55 to trade at $2,675.85 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.12% to 6.81, while EUR/DKK unchanged 0.02% to 7.46.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 102.61.