Stocks in the Nordic region dropped Friday, with the OMX Nordic 40 Index declining 1.4%.
Tomra Systems ASA posted the largest decline during the session, plummeting 22.6%, followed by Husqvarna AB Series B shares, which dropped 8.0%. Shares of Husqvarna AB Series A dropped 7.8%.
Lifco AB Series B was the biggest leader, gaining 6.8%, and Wallenstam AB Series B rose 5.4%. Gjensidige Forsikring ASA rounded out the top three leaders on Friday, with shares rising 4.7%.
In Denmark, the OMX Copenhagen 20 Index dropped 0.6%, and the OMX Helsinki 25 Index, which tracks Finland's most-traded stocks, declined 1.7%.
Stocks on Sweden's OMX Stockholm 30 Index fell 2.1%, while Norway's Oslo Exchange Benchmark Index_GI declined 1.5%. Shares in Iceland were flat, with the OMX Iceland All-Share PI Equity Index holding steady at 1,833.87.
Elsewhere in Europe, indexes fell, with the STOXX Europe 600 Index falling 1.4% and the FTSE 100 Index dropping 1.3% from the previous close.
Stock indexes in Asia were down, with Japan's NIKKEI 225 Index declining 0.5% and China's Shanghai Composite Index falling 0.7%.
In commodities news, Brent crude oil futures were up 0.8%, and gold futures were up 1.0%. Bitcoin was up 2.9% to $29,565.
On the currency front, the WSJ Dollar Index was flat at 100.49.
Against the euro, the Danish krone was flat, the U.S. dollar was flat, the Swedish krona was down 0.2%, the Icelandic krona was down 0.4%, and the Norwegian krone was down 0.5%.
Against the U.S. dollar, the Danish krone was up 0.1%, the euro was flat, the Swedish krona was down 0.2%, the Icelandic krona was down 0.4%, and the Norwegian krone was down 0.4%.
-This article was automatically generated by MarketWatch using technology from Automated Insights. Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet.
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