Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Healthcare and Real Estate sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 added 1.59%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were AP Moeller - Maersk A/S A (CSE:MAERSKa), which rose 3.24% or 315.00 points to trade at 10,040.00 at the close. Meanwhile, AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CSE:MAERSKb) added 3.14% or 310.00 points to end at 10,170.00 and Novo Nordisk A/S Class B (CSE:NOVOb) was up 2.62% or 10.80 points to 420.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were DSV Panalpina A/S (CSE:DSV), which fell 1.97% or 22.50 points to trade at 1,117.00 at the close. Pandora A/S (CSE:PNDORA) declined 1.83% or 17.40 points to end at 932.20 and Rockwool International B (CSE:ROCKb) was down 0.81% or 2.00 points to 263.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 92 to 46 and 8 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.47% or 0.28 to $60.35 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.36% or 0.23 to hit $63.56 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 2.47% or 78.41 to trade at $3,255.91 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 1.30% to 6.58, while EUR/DKK unchanged 0.02% to 7.47.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.90% at 99.71.