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At the end of February, the Danish listed stock market amounted to kr. 2,840 billion. This release addresses the latest figures in the statistics for 'Securities' which are from the end of February 2020. Since then, extraordinary big changes in the economy have occurred due to covid-19. At the end of April, Danmarks Nationalbank will update this statistic with the figures for March.

Danish investors increased their foreign portfolio investments by kr. 23 billion in February. With this, Danish investors' total foreign portfolio amounted to kr. 3,197 billion at the end of the month. This release addresses the latest figures in the statistics for 'Portfolio investments' which are from the end of February 2020. Since then, extraordinary changes in the economy have occurred due to covid-19. At the end of April, Danmarks Nationalbank will update this statistic with the figures for March.

Deposit rates vis-à-vis non-financial corporations and personally owned companies have fallen by 0.21 and 0.27 percentage points, respectively, over the past 12 months. The decline has been particularly marked since September 2019. At the end of February, average deposit rates reached -0.38 and -0.14 per cent respectively. This release addresses the latest figures in the statistics for loans which are from February 2020. Since then, extraordinarily large changes in the economy have occurred due to covid-19. At the end of April, Danmarks Nationalbank will update this statistics with the figures for March.

At the end of February, Danish non-financial corporations (NFCs), which here cover both public and private non-financial corporations in addition to sole proprietors and unincorporated partnerships, had deposits for kr. 426 billion in Danish banks. The NFCs' deposits have increased by approximately kr. 150 billion since 2012 which corresponds to an increase of just above 50 per cent. This release addresses the latest figures in the statistics for 'Banking and mortgage lending, balances' which are from the end of February 2020. Since then, extraordinary large changes in the economy have occurred due to covid-19. At the end of April, Danmarks Nationalbank will update this statistics with the figures for March.

Danmarks Nationalbank's accounts for 2019 show a profit of kr. 6,096 million, compared with a loss of kr. 24 million in 2018. Both the gold stock, equity exposure and bond holdings contributed significantly to the result for the year. This report is based on information available up to 7 March 2020.

​Effective from 20 March 2020, Danmarks Nationalbank's interest rate on certificates of deposit is increased by 0.15 percentage point. The monetary policy spread to the euro area is thereby narrowed from -0.25 to -0.10 percentage points, remaining lower than the rate in the euro area. In the context of Denmark's fixed exchange rate policy, the interest rate increase follows Danmarks Nationalbank's sale of foreign exchange in the market.