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Households’ favorite shares: A small number of shares account for a large share of holdings
Households’ top 20 shares account for almost 60 per cent of the value of the listed shares worth kr. 487 billion that households own directly. Danish shares such as Novo Nordisk, Danske Bank and DSV top the list. Households also own shares through investment funds, which can be used to diversify investments. Here, it is primarily U.S. shares that households have invested in. When shares in Danish investment funds are included, the 20 largest shares account for 44 per cent. By comparison, the insurance and pension sector’s top 20 shares account for 27 per cent of the listed shares the sector owns both directly and through Danish investment funds. Here, it is predominantly U.S. shares that rank in the top 20. As a new feature, the top 20 shares of households and of the insurance and pension sector can be found on Danmarks Nationalbank’s website at the link below.
Households’ top 20 shares are mostly Danish
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The 20 largest listed shares that households (sector 1430, employees, pensioners, etc.) own directly.
U.S. shares move up the list when holdings via Danish investment funds are included
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The 20 largest listed shares that households (sector 1430, employees, pensioners, etc.) own directly and through Danish investment funds. Households’ holdings of listed shares amount to kr. 813 billion here. They also hold kr. 124 billion in foreign investment funds. These are not included in the calculation, because the securities holdings of foreign funds – which are necessary to examine which individual shares are owned through the funds – are not collected by Danmarks Nationalbank.