Investing.com – Denmark stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Technology and Software & Computer Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 fell 0.10%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Lundbeck A/S (CO:LUN), which rose 1.70% or 4.5 points to trade at 268.6 at the close. Meanwhile, Novo Nordisk A/S B (CO:NOVOb) added 0.72% or 1.7 points to end at 237.6 and Danske Bank A/S (CO:DANSKE) was up 0.49% or 1.0 points to 205.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CO:VWS), which fell 2.84% or 12.8 points to trade at 437.5 at the close. Novozymes A/S B (CO:NZYMb) declined 2.00% or 4.7 points to end at 230.6 and FLSmidth & Co. (CO:FLS) was down 1.42% or 4.1 points to 284.8.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 97 to 49 and 17 ended unchanged.
Shares in Novozymes A/S B (CO:NZYMb) fell to 52-week lows; losing 2.00% or 4.7 to 230.6.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.59% or 0.30 to $51.36 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.28% or 0.15 to hit $54.09 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.78% or 9.15 to trade at $1178.55 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.12% to 6.9702, while EUR/DKK rose 0.02% to 7.4391.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.23% at 100.79.