Denmark stocks higher at close of trade; OMX Copenhagen 20 up 2.27% By Investing.com

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 rose 2.27%.

The best performers of the session on the were AP Moeller – Maersk A/S A (CSE:), which rose 6.19% or 590.00 points to trade at 10,120.00 at the close. Meanwhile, AP Moeller – Maersk A/S B (CSE:) added 6.17% or 600.00 points to end at 10,330.00 and GN Store Nord (CSE:) was up 5.06% or 9.05 points to 188.10 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Coloplast A/S (CSE:), which fell 0.09% or 0.80 points to trade at 863.40 at the close. Jyske Bank A/S (CSE:) unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to end at 561.50 and Danske Bank A/S (CSE:) was up 0.10% or 0.20 points to 202.80.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 103 to 36 and 19 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.61% or 0.51 to $84.08 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.60% or 0.53 to hit $89.54 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.11% or 2.55 to trade at $2,345.05 a troy ounce.

USD/DKK was up 0.47% to 6.98, while EUR/DKK unchanged 0.00% to 7.46.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.53% at 106.01.