Europe’s number one stock market is close to erasing 2020 drop

One European stock market has clawed back most of its losses in 2020, thanks to a heavy weighting of health-care stocks.
Photo: Niels Christian Vilmann//
Photo: Niels Christian Vilmann//
By Namitha Jagadeesh / BLOOMBERG

Denmark’s OMX Copenhagen 25 Index on Thursday came within 2 percent of turning positive for the year. The reason? Roughly half the benchmark’s weighting comes from pharma shares, which have proven more resilient than most in a global economy ravaged by the impact of the coronavirus. Green stocks have also boosted the gauge.

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