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COPENHAGEN: Danish blue-chip shares ended back in the black on Friday, boosted by gains for shipping and oil group A.P.Moeller, with dealers expecting more advances on Monday.

"The undertone has been positive, the KFX index could hit the 270 mark again on Monday," one dealer said.

Moeller's D/S SvendborgDSACb.CO and D/S 1912DSSCb.CO led the field, both closing 3,000 crowns up at 118,000 and 83,000 crowns respectively, boosted by nine-year high oil prices. Windturbine maker VestasVEST.CO continued its advance, putting on 100 crowns or 5.15 percent to 2,040 crowns, clearly outperforming peers in the Dow Jones EUROSTOXX energy sector index, which rose only 1.5 percent.

Brewer CarlsbergCARCb.CO put on five to 240 crowns as a domestic distribution workers' strike ended, and security and rescue firm FalckFALC.CO rose 15 to 855 crowns after announcing divestments of activities in Britain and Belgium.

On the negative side pharmaceuticals fell on profit-taking after recent gains.

Bio-tech firm Novo NordiskNVOb.CO, the day's most traded paper, dipped 15 crowns or 1.4 percent to 1,050 crowns and medical firm LundbeckLUN.CO slipped two crowns to 355 crowns, in line with European pharmaceuticals.

Den Danske BankDDBC.CO lost 10 crowns to 720 in a mixed banking sector.

In the information technology field, non-KFX share I-DataIDATA.CO was the day's gain leader, soaring 28 crowns or almost 11 percent to 286 crowns, while blue chip NavisionNAVI.CO, expected by analysts to announce a bumper H1 result next Tuesday, rose 10 to 860 crowns.-Reuters