Denmark shares higher at close of trade; OMX Copenhagen 20 up 1.30%

Investing.com – Denmark equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Technology, Consumer Goods and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 rose 1.30%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Zealand Pharma A/S (CSE:ZELA), which rose 4.12% or 33.50 points to trade at 847.00 at the close. GN Store Nord (CSE:GN) added 4.08% or 5.50 points to end at 139.10 and Demant A/S (CSE:DEMANT) was up 2.74% or 7.00 points to 262.20 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CSE:VWS), which lost 2.79% or 3.00 points to trade at 104.50 in late trade. Danske Bank A/S (CSE:DANSKE) declined 1.96% or 4.10 points to end at 205.00 and Jyske Bank A/S (CSE:JYSK) shed 1.48% or 7.40 points to 493.60.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 70 to 54 and 25 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 2.96% or 2.14 to $70.22 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 2.58% or 1.95 to hit $73.68 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.36% or 9.70 to trade at $2,696.10 a troy ounce.

USD/DKK was up 0.68% to 6.95, while EUR/DKK unchanged 0.01% to 7.46.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.40% at 104.79.