Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Healthcare, Oil & Gas and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 rose 1.14%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Genmab (CO:GEN), which rose 2.04% or 25.0 points to trade at 1252.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Novo Nordisk A/S B (CO:NOVOb) added 2.04% or 4.5 points to end at 225.5 and Carlsberg A/S B (CO:CARLb) was up 1.80% or 10.5 points to 595.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were FLSmidth & Co. (CO:FLS), which fell 1.05% or 3.1 points to trade at 291.4 at the close. GN Store Nord (CO:GN) declined 0.86% or 1.2 points to end at 138.3 and Nordea Bank AB (CO:NDA) was down 0.20% or 0.15 points to 73.85.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 75 to 67 and 13 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for January delivery was down 3.11% or 1.49 to $46.47 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 2.90% or 1.42 to hit $47.58 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.78% or 9.25 to trade at $1180.05 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.41% to 7.0194, while EUR/DKK rose 0.02% to 7.4398.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.28% at 101.49.