Investing.com – Denmark equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Healthcare and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 rose 0.59%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were COLOPLAST B (COP:COLOb), which rose 1.84% or 9.5 points to trade at 526.0 at the close. Nordea Bank AB (COP:NDA) added 0.96% or 0.85 points to end at 89.85 and FLSmidth & Co. (COP:FLS) was up 0.92% or 3.0 points to 327.5 in late trade.
Biggest losers included A.P. Moller - Maersk A (COP:MAERSKa), which lost 0.39% or 50 points to trade at 12700 in late trade. A.P. Moller - Maersk B (COP:MAERSKb) declined 0.38% or 50 points to end at 13110 and Jyske Bank A/S (COP:JYSK) shed 0.27% or 0.9 points to 331.6.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 106 to 52 and 5 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 1.63% or 0.99 to $59.73 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 1.75% or 1.17 to hit $65.38 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.11% or 1.30 to trade at $1205.40 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.71% to 6.7574, while EUR/DKK rose 0.01% to 7.4556.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.70% at 96.13.