Investing.com – Denmark equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Copenhagen Health Care, Copenhagen Consumer Goods and OMX Copenhagen Personal & Household Goods PI sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 added 3.01%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Zealand Pharma A/S (CSE:ZELA), which rose 4.23% or 29.50 points to trade at 726.50 at the close. Novo Nordisk A/S Class B (CSE:NOVOb) added 4.03% or 29.10 points to end at 750.90 and Novozymes A/S B (CSE:NSISb) was up 3.83% or 15.70 points to 425.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Jyske Bank A/S (CSE:JYSK), which fell 0.93% or 4.60 points to trade at 490.40 in late trade. Danske Bank A/S (CSE:DANSKE) declined 0.79% or 1.60 points to end at 201.90 and DSV Panalpina A/S (CSE:DSV) down 0.40% or 6.00 points to 1,504.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones by 96 to 49 and 12 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.11% or 0.78 to $70.88 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.93% or 0.69 to hit $74.92 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.11% or 29.75 to trade at $2,704.65 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.74% to 7.17, while EUR/DKK unchanged 0.01% to 7.46.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.67% at 107.64.