Investing.com – Denmark equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Software & Computer Services, Technology and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 gained 0.18% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Novozymes A/S B (CO:NZYMb), which rose 1.51% or 3.6 points to trade at 242.2 at the close. Lundbeck A/S (CO:LUN) added 1.06% or 2.9 points to end at 277.5 and Coloplast A/S (CO:COLOb) was up 1.01% or 4.8 points to 480.2 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CO:VWS), which lost 0.81% or 3.6 points to trade at 438.7 in late trade. AP Moeller - Maersk A/S A (CO:MAERSKa) declined 0.65% or 70 points to end at 10760 and Chr. Hansen Holding A/S (CO:CHRH) shed 0.52% or 2.0 points to 386.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 70 to 54 and 17 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.23% or 0.12 to $52.83 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.15% or 0.08 to hit $54.97 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.27% or 3.05 to trade at $1133.75 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.14% to 7.1130, while EUR/DKK fell 0.01% to 7.4333.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.07% at 103.00.