Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Chemicals, Personal & Household Goods and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 gained 1.46%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were FLSmidth & Co. (CO:FLS), which rose 3.64% or 10.3 points to trade at 293.1 at the close. Meanwhile, Pandora A/S (CO:PNDORA) added 3.35% or 8.6 points to end at 265.3 and AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CO:MAERSKb) was up 3.18% or 252 points to 8184 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were DSV (CO:DSV), which fell 0.23% or 1.0 points to trade at 429.2 at the close. Chr. Hansen Holding A/S (CO:CHRH) declined 0.03% or 0.2 points to end at 576.6 and GN Store Nord (CO:GN) was up 0.66% or 1.6 points to 243.3.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 95 to 36 and 16 ended unchanged.
Shares in DSV (CO:DSV) fell to 52-week lows; down 0.23% or 1.0 to 429.2.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 1.64% or 0.73 to $45.34 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.80% or 0.42 to hit $53.15 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.05% or 0.65 to trade at $1281.75 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.05% to 6.5277, while EUR/DKK rose 0.02% to 7.4678.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 95.950.