Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Consumer Goods and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 rose 2.27%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were AP Moeller - Maersk A/S A (CSE:MAERSKa), which rose 6.19% or 590.00 points to trade at 10,120.00 at the close. Meanwhile, AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CSE:MAERSKb) added 6.17% or 600.00 points to end at 10,330.00 and GN Store Nord (CSE:GN) was up 5.06% or 9.05 points to 188.10 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Coloplast A/S (CSE:COLOb), which fell 0.09% or 0.80 points to trade at 863.40 at the close. Jyske Bank A/S (CSE:JYSK) unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to end at 561.50 and Danske Bank A/S (CSE:DANSKE) was up 0.10% or 0.20 points to 202.80.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 103 to 36 and 19 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.61% or 0.51 to $84.08 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.60% or 0.53 to hit $89.54 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.11% or 2.55 to trade at $2,345.05 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.47% to 6.98, while EUR/DKK unchanged 0.00% to 7.46.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.53% at 106.01.