Investing.com – Denmark equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Personal & Household Goods and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 added 0.86% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were William Demant Holding AS (CO:WDH), which rose 3.69% or 4.6 points to trade at 129.2 at the close. ISS A/S (CO:ISS) added 2.58% or 6.20 points to end at 246.20 and Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CO:VWS) was up 2.45% or 11.6 points to 485.1 in late trade.
Biggest losers included TDC A/S (CO:TDC), which lost 4.42% or 1.69 points to trade at 36.58 in late trade. AP Moeller - Maersk A/S A (CO:MAERSKa) declined 2.03% or 230 points to end at 11090 and AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CO:MAERSKb) shed 1.78% or 210 points to 11620.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 72 to 47 and 20 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 1.69% or 0.91 to $52.87 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 1.97% or 1.11 to hit $55.13 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.20% or 2.35 to trade at $1187.45 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.06% to 6.9578, while EUR/DKK fell 0.00% to 7.4370.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.10% at 100.62.