Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Industrials, Chemicals and Personal & Household Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 added 0.40% to hit a new all time high.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CSE:MAERSKb), which rose 4.27% or 413 points to trade at 10075 at the close. Meanwhile, DSV (CSE:DSV) added 2.78% or 20.6 points to end at 762.0 and Pandora A/S (CSE:PNDORA) was up 1.94% or 5.1 points to 267.9 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Coloplast A/S (CSE:COLOb), which fell 1.27% or 10.2 points to trade at 793.4 at the close. Novo Nordisk A/S Class B (CSE:NOVOb) declined 0.40% or 1.6 points to end at 383.9 and Danske Bank A/S (CSE:DANSKE) was down 0.34% or 0.3 points to 94.4.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 81 to 41 and 26 ended unchanged.
Shares in AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CSE:MAERSKb) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 4.27% or 413 to 10075. Shares in DSV (CSE:DSV) rose to all time highs; rising 2.78% or 20.6 to 762.0.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.06% or 0.62 to $59.05 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 1.25% or 0.79 to hit $64.18 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 1.13% or 16.75 to trade at $1466.35 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.49% to 6.7607, while EUR/DKK rose 0.02% to 7.4718.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.35% at 97.710.