Denmark stocks lower at close of trade; OMX Copenhagen 20 down 0.91%

Denmark stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Healthcare and Financials sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 fell 0.91%.

The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Demant A/S (CSE:DEMANT), which rose 1.41% or 5.00 points to trade at 359.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Oersted AS (CSE:ORSTED) added 1.35% or 1.75 points to end at 131.60 and Coloplast A/S (CSE:COLOb) was up 1.17% or 5.60 points to 484.70 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CSE:VWS), which fell 2.39% or 4.60 points to trade at 185.60 at the close. Zealand Pharma A/S (CSE:ZELA) declined 2.33% or 5.40 points to end at 226.00 and AL Sydbank A/S (CSE:ALSYDB) was down 2.32% or 16.00 points to 673.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 72 to 48 and 16 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for December delivery was up 2.73% or 2.72 to $102.19 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 2.78% or 3.15 to hit $116.32 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 1.24% or 50.50 to trade at $4,009.90 a troy ounce.

USD/DKK was up 0.17% to 6.68, while EUR/DKK unchanged 0.02% to 7.47.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 101.60.