Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Financials, Consumer Services and Oil&Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 added 0.27%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Danske Bank A/S (CSE:DANSKE), which rose 3.86% or 4.2 points to trade at 112.9 at the close. Meanwhile, Tryg A/S (CSE:TRYG) added 1.69% or 3.4 points to end at 204.4 and Chr. Hansen Holding A/S (CSE:CHRH) was up 1.31% or 6.5 points to 502.8 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were GN Store Nord (CSE:GN), which fell 1.99% or 6.8 points to trade at 334.9 at the close. Pandora A/S (CSE:PNDORA) declined 1.91% or 6.8 points to end at 349.4 and ISS A/S (CSE:ISS) was down 1.83% or 3.05 points to 163.70.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 74 to 58 and 21 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 1.55% or 0.81 to $51.33 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 1.53% or 0.88 to hit $56.45 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.05% or 0.80 to trade at $1582.70 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.42% to 6.7448, while EUR/DKK rose 0.03% to 7.4732.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.42% at 97.300.
