Denmark stocks lower at close of trade; OMX Copenhagen 20 down 0.17%

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Denmark stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Financials, Oil&Gas and Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 declined 0.17%.The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were A.P. Moller - Maersk A (CO:MAERSKa), which rose 2.66% or 230 points to trade at 8885 at the close. Meanwhile, A.P. Moller - Maersk B (CO:MAERSKb) added 2.54% or 225 points to end at 9090 and FLSmidth&Co. (CO:FLS) was up 2.07% or 5.4 points to 266.2 in late trade.The worst performers of the session were Nordea Bank AB (CO:NDA), which fell 5.57% or 3.90 points to trade at 66.15 at the close. Danske Bank A/S (CO:DANSKE) declined 4.95% or 9.6 points to end at 184.5 and William Demant Holding (CO:WDH) was down 1.70% or 11.0 points to 635.5.Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 68 to 66 and 22 ended unchanged.Crude oil for April delivery was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to $40.20 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.67% or 0.28 to hit $41.26 a barrel, while the April Gold contract fell 0.85% or 10.70 to trade at $1254.30 a troy ounce.USD/DKK was up 0.36% to 6.6104, while EUR/DKK fell 0.02% to 7.4523.The US Dollar Index was up 0.30% at 95.05.