Denmark stocks higher at close of trade; OMX Copenhagen 20 up 0.67%

Denmark stocks higher at close of trade; OMX Copenhagen 20 up 0.67%

Jan 10, 2020

Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Healthcare, Real Estate and Software&Computer Services sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 gained 0.67%.

The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Ambu A/S (CSE:AMBUb), which rose 3.20% or 3.5 points to trade at 114.3 at the close. Meanwhile, Novo Nordisk A/S Class B (CSE:NOVOb) added 2.42% or 9.4 points to end at 397.3 and Novozymes A/S B (CSE:NZYMb) was up 1.83% or 5.8 points to 322.0 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CSE:MAERSKb), which fell 2.76% or 256 points to trade at 9034 at the close. ISS A/S (CSE:ISS) declined 2.41% or 4.10 points to end at 166.00 and Simcorp A/S (CSE:SIM) was down 1.22% or 9.5 points to 766.5.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 63 to 60 and 28 ended unchanged.

Shares in Novo Nordisk A/S Class B (CSE:NOVOb) rose to 3-years highs; gaining 2.42% or 9.4 to 397.3.

Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.50% or 0.30 to $59.26 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.09% or 0.06 to hit $65.31 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.38% or 5.85 to trade at $1560.15 a troy ounce.

USD/DKK was down 0.17% to 6.7173, while EUR/DKK rose 0.02% to 7.4737.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 97.037.

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