COPENHAGEN: Denmark stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Software & Computer Services, Technology and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 declined 0.31%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Pandora A/S (CO:PNDORA), which rose 0.69% or 5.0 points to trade at 724.5 at the close. Meanwhile, Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CO:VWS) added 0.57% or 3.5 points to end at 614.5 and Novo Nordisk A/S B (CO:NOVOb) was up 0.38% or 1.0 points to 265.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Lundbeck A/S (CO:LUN), which fell 3.59% or 13.8 points to trade at 370.2 at the close. Dong Energy A/S (CO:DENERG) declined 2.36% or 7.20 points to end at 297.40 and FLSmidth & Co. (CO:FLS) was down 1.90% or 7.4 points to 381.8.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 71 to 39 and 18 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 1.41% or 0.69 to $49.73 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.94% or 1.00 to hit $52.49 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.74% or 9.38 to trade at $1269.38 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.60% to 6.3299, while EUR/DKK rose 0.00% to 7.4361.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.58% at 93.23.
