Investing.com – Denmark equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Copenhagen Oil & Gas, Copenhagen Real Estate and Copenhagen Chemicals sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 lost 1.56%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Oersted AS (CSE:ORSTED), which rose 2.84% or 8.90 points to trade at 322.40 at the close. AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CSE:MAERSKb) added 1.81% or 225.00 points to end at 12,625.00 and Novozymes A/S B (CSE:NSISb) was up 1.53% or 6.20 points to 412.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Zealand Pharma A/S (CSE:ZELA), which fell 2.73% or 15.00 points to trade at 533.50 in late trade. DSV Panalpina A/S (CSE:DSV) declined 2.63% or 38.50 points to end at 1,424.50 and Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CSE:VWS) down 2.47% or 2.70 points to 104.60.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones by 72 to 57 and 19 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
Shares in Zealand Pharma A/S (CSE:ZELA) fell to 52-week lows; falling 2.73% or 15.00 to 533.50.
Crude oil for April delivery was up 1.64% or 1.09 to $67.45 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 1.80% or 1.25 to hit $70.71 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.13% or 3.75 to trade at $2,922.85 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.56% to 6.88, while EUR/DKK unchanged 0.01% to 7.46.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.29% at 103.73.