Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Personal & Household Goods and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 rose 0.51%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Jyske Bank A/S (CO:JYSK), which rose 2.27% or 8.2 points to trade at 368.8 at the close. Meanwhile, Nets A/S (CO:NETS) added 2.26% or 2.80 points to end at 126.80 and Genmab (CO:GEN) was up 1.10% or 15.0 points to 1377.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Dong Energy A/S (CO:DENERG), which fell 1.02% or 2.60 points to trade at 252.00 at the close. TDC A/S (CO:TDC) declined 0.72% or 0.26 points to end at 35.84 and Coloplast A/S (CO:COLOb) was down 0.50% or 2.5 points to 501.5.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 86 to 41 and 11 ended unchanged.
Shares in Jyske Bank A/S (CO:JYSK) rose to 52-week highs; rising 2.27% or 8.2 to 368.8. Shares in Genmab (CO:GEN) rose to all time highs; gaining 1.10% or 15.0 to 1377.0.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.62% or 0.33 to $53.87 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.69% or 0.39 to hit $56.95 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.13% or 1.60 to trade at $1221.00 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.22% to 6.8976, while EUR/DKK fell 0.00% to 7.4375.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 99.64.