Investing.com – Denmark equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Chemicals, Oil & Gas and Personal & Household Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 fell 0.82%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Chr. Hansen Holding A/S (CO:CHRH), which rose 0.87% or 3.9 points to trade at 451.5 at the close. Nets A/S (CO:NETS) added 0.51% or 0.60 points to end at 117.90 and Carlsberg A/S B (CO:CARLb) was unchanged 0.00% or 0.0 points to 663.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Pandora A/S (CO:PNDORA), which lost 1.68% or 12.0 points to trade at 702.0 in late trade. William Demant Holding AS (CO:WDH) declined 1.56% or 2.4 points to end at 151.8 and Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CO:VWS) shed 1.38% or 8.0 points to 571.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 81 to 38 and 18 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 2.78% or 1.41 to $49.30 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 2.49% or 1.32 to hit $51.67 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.29% or 3.70 to trade at $1287.50 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.29% to 6.9599, while EUR/DKK fell 0.01% to 7.4366.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.20% at 99.91.