Denmark stocks lower at close of trade; OMX Copenhagen 20 down 0.63%

Denmark stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Technology, Healthcare and Real Estate sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 declined 0.63%.

The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CSE:VWS), which rose 2.34% or 4.80 points to trade at 210.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Nkt AS (CSE:NKT) added 2.07% or 17.00 points to end at 840.00 and Oersted AS (CSE:ORSTED) was up 1.16% or 1.70 points to 148.70 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Novozymes AS (CSE:NSISb), which fell 4.15% or 19.90 points to trade at 460.00 at the close. Coloplast A/S (CSE:COLOb) declined 3.27% or 17.20 points to end at 508.20 and Genmab (CSE:GMAB) was down 2.97% or 108.00 points to 3,527.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 74 to 47 and 16 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.20% or 0.18 to $90.70 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.46% or 0.45 to hit $97.84 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 1.03% or 42.33 to trade at $4,071.17 a troy ounce.

USD/DKK was up 0.66% to 6.71, while EUR/DKK unchanged 0.03% to 7.48.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.64% at 102.08.