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Major Danish companies like Novo Nordisk and Ørsted are bleeding on the stock market, but Danish stocks have been lagging behind others for nearly a year. The White House is a key reason why.

Danish stocks are struggling. Here's why

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Bad news about Danish stock prices has been plentiful lately. Novo Nordisk’s stock has been in free fall several times, Ørsted’s stock dropped almost 30 percent in one day on Monday, and Vestas’ stock fell on Wednesday after a disappointing earnings report.

But Danish stocks have actually been performing poorly for quite some time. The Danish C25 index, which includes some of the largest Danish companies, kept pace with major European stocks in the first half of 2024. However, since last fall, its performance has been significantly worse. And in the past few weeks, Danish stocks have taken another dive, so that the C25 index is currently 5 percent lower than on January 1, 2024.

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