Investing.com – Denmark equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Healthcare, Consumer Services and Chemicals sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 fell 0.13%.
The biggest gainers 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. 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.
Biggest losers included Lundbeck A/S (CO:LUN), which lost 1.35% or 4.0 points to trade at 293.0 in late trade. Novozymes A/S B (CO:NZYMb) declined 1.08% or 2.7 points to end at 246.4 and Genmab (CO:GEN) shed 0.95% or 12.0 points to 1250.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 64 to 57 and 19 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was up 2.49% or 1.30 to $53.42 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 2.55% or 1.38 to hit $55.54 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.35% or 4.15 to trade at $1205.65 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.20% to 6.9592, while EUR/DKK fell 0.00% to 7.4362.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.14% at 100.96.