Investing.com – Denmark equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Personal & Household Goods, Consumer Goods and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 rose 0.92%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Genmab (CO:GEN), which rose 1.83% or 25.0 points to trade at 1392.0 at the close. Chr. Hansen Holding A/S (CO:CHRH) added 1.83% or 7.5 points to end at 417.0 and AP Moeller - Maersk A/S A (CO:MAERSKa) was up 1.70% or 190 points to 11380 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nets A/S (CO:NETS), which lost 1.34% or 1.50 points to trade at 110.20 in late trade. TDC A/S (CO:TDC) declined 0.33% or 0.12 points to end at 36.23 and Dong Energy A/S (CO:DENERG) gained 0.08% or 0.20 points to 252.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 87 to 31 and 17 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 1.03% or 0.51 to $48.77 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 1.11% or 0.58 to hit $51.61 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.26% or 3.10 to trade at $1200.10 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.90% to 6.9660, while EUR/DKK fell 0.00% to 7.4341.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.56% at 101.41.