Denmark stocks higher at close of trade; OMX Copenhagen 20 up 1.67%

Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Healthcare and Personal&Household Goods sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 added 1.67% to hit a new all time high.

The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Coloplast A/S (CSE:COLOb), which rose 9.70% or 78.80 points to trade at 891.00 at the close. Meanwhile, GN Store Nord (CSE:GN) added 2.89% or 5.05 points to end at 179.60 and Novo Nordisk A/S Class B (CSE:NOVOb) was up 2.22% or 18.10 points to 831.90 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CSE:VWS), which fell 2.11% or 4.14 points to trade at 191.80 at the close. DSV Panalpina A/S (CSE:DSV) declined 1.00% or 12.00 points to end at 1,187.00 and Jyske Bank A/S (CSE:JYSK) was down 0.88% or 4.60 points to 516.40.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 87 to 58 and 15 ended unchanged.

Shares in Novo Nordisk A/S Class B (CSE:NOVOb) rose to all time highs; up 2.22% or 18.10 to 831.90.

Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.16% or 0.12 to $76.34 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.02% or 0.02 to hit $81.65 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.56% or 11.45 to trade at $2,036.45 a troy ounce.

USD/DKK was unchanged 0.03% to 6.91, while EUR/DKK unchanged 0.01% to 7.46.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 103.97.