Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Technology and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 rose 0.72%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Genmab (CO:GEN), which rose 4.98% or 52.0 points to trade at 1097.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Jyske Bank A/S (CO:JYSK) added 3.97% or 10.0 points to end at 261.9 and Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CO:VWS) was up 3.62% or 15.3 points to 437.8 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were William Demant Holding AS (CO:WDH), which fell 1.24% or 1.6 points to trade at 127.9 at the close. Carlsberg A/S B (CO:CARLb) declined 0.66% or 4.0 points to end at 598.0 and ISS A/S (CO:ISS) was down 0.53% or 1.30 points to 246.30.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 109 to 40 and 11 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 2.86% or 1.32 to $47.53 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 3.22% or 1.52 to hit $48.71 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.47% or 6.05 to trade at $1292.35 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.38% to 6.5987, while EUR/DKK fell 0.01% to 7.4353.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.40% at 94.39.