Denmark stocks lower at close of trade; OMX Copenhagen 20 down 1.28%

Investing.com – Denmark stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Oil&Gas, Healthcare and Software&Computer Services sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 lost 1.28%.

The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Danske Bank A/S (CSE:DANSKE), which rose 6.48% or 9.85 points to trade at 161.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Orsted A/S (CSE:ORSTED) added 5.70% or 18.50 points to end at 343.30 and Chr Hansen Holding A/S (CSE:CHRH) was up 3.64% or 16.40 points to 466.80 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CSE:VWS), which fell 4.20% or 6.72 points to trade at 153.20 at the close. Novo Nordisk A/S Class B (CSE:NOVOb) declined 2.41% or 16.30 points to end at 660.20 and Tryg A/S (CSE:TRYG) was down 1.06% or 1.45 points to 135.70.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 74 to 63 and 23 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for December delivery was up 1.06% or 0.88 to $84.09 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 1.15% or 1.01 to hit $88.94 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.34% or 6.80 to trade at $1,990.60 a troy ounce.

USD/DKK was down 0.24% to 7.05, while EUR/DKK unchanged 0.01% to 7.46.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 106.26.