Why did Coloplast rise on 6 October?
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Coloplast +2.15% · OMX Copenhagen 25 +0.61%
Coloplast rose sharply, helped by a major shareholder shift. Over the last five trading days Coloplast was roughly unchanged, while the Danish OMX Copenhagen 25 index fell slightly, so it held up better than the wider market. The most likely driver was the completion of a generational ownership change: a large block of shares moved into the Coloplast Foundation, which now controls just over half the votes, a step that can ease worries about future control of the company. A routine disclosure of share dealings by board members and executives was also published and likely had little effect. The next scheduled event is the early-November earnings report.
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