Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the gained 4.16%.
The best performers of the session on the were Novo Nordisk A/S Class B (CSE:), which rose 6.32% or 54.60 points to trade at 918.60 at the close. Meanwhile, Zealand Pharma A/S (CSE:) added 1.89% or 16.50 points to end at 889.50 and Novozymes A/S B (CSE:) was up 1.35% or 5.70 points to 428.70 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Coloplast A/S (CSE:), which fell 1.83% or 16.40 points to trade at 882.20 at the close. Carlsberg A/S B (CSE:) declined 1.47% or 12.00 points to end at 801.60 and Genmab (CSE:) was down 1.18% or 21.50 points to 1,805.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 84 to 44 and 20 ended unchanged.
Shares in Carlsberg A/S B (CSE:) fell to 52-week lows; losing 1.47% or 12.00 to 801.60.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.41% or 0.31 to $76.50 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.33% or 0.26 to hit $79.42 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.18% or 4.55 to trade at $2,467.85 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was unchanged 0.05% to 6.83, while EUR/DKK unchanged 0.01% to 7.46.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 102.89.
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