Investing.com – Denmark stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Healthcare, Consumer Services and Chemicals sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 lost 0.13%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were TDC A/S (CO:TDC), which rose 3.92% or 1.45 points to trade at 38.45 at the close. Meanwhile, Danske Bank A/S (CO:DANSKE) added 1.39% or 3.1 points to end at 226.3 and Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CO:VWS) was up 1.13% or 5.3 points to 476.3 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Lundbeck A/S (CO:LUN), which fell 1.35% or 4.0 points to trade at 293.0 at the close. Novozymes A/S B (CO:NZYMb) declined 1.08% or 2.7 points to end at 246.4 and Genmab (CO:GEN) was down 0.95% or 12.0 points to 1250.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 64 to 57 and 19 ended unchanged.
Shares in Danske Bank A/S (CO:DANSKE) rose to 5-year highs; up 1.39% or 3.1 to 226.3.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 2.48% or 1.29 to $53.41 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 2.53% or 1.37 to hit $55.53 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.35% or 4.25 to trade at $1205.75 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.21% to 6.9585, while EUR/DKK fell 0.01% to 7.4361.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.15% at 100.95.