Investing.com – Denmark stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Chemicals and Software & Computer Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 fell 0.16%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were TDC A/S (CO:TDC), which rose 1.14% or 0.37 points to trade at 32.79 at the close. Meanwhile, A.P. Moller - Maersk B (CO:MAERSKb) added 0.51% or 45 points to end at 8850 and Chr. Hansen Holding A/S (CO:CHRH) was up 0.31% or 1.3 points to 417.5 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Vestas Wind Systems (CO:VWS), which fell 1.62% or 7.4 points to trade at 449.6 at the close. GN Store Nord (CO:GN) declined 1.35% or 1.8 points to end at 131.1 and William Demant Holding (CO:WDH) was down 1.31% or 9.0 points to 680.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 74 to 60 and 25 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 2.77% or 1.15 to $40.35 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 2.19% or 0.96 to hit $42.88 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.82% or 10.10 to trade at $1236.60 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.35% to 6.5818, while EUR/DKK rose 0.00% to 7.4411.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.41% at 94.55.