Stocks in the Nordic region declined Wednesday, with the OMX Nordic 40 Index declining 0.1%.
Tele2 AB Series A posted the largest decline during the session, falling 6.4%, followed by Kaldalon Hf. shares, which fell 4.3%. Shares of NEL ASA dropped 4.2%.
Alleima AB was the biggest leader, adding 3.1%, and Hafnia Ltd. rose 3.0%. Nordic Semiconductor ASA rounded out the top three leaders on Wednesday, with shares gaining 3.0%.
In Denmark, the OMX Copenhagen 20 Index dropped 0.1%, while the OMX Helsinki 25 Index, which tracks Finland's most-traded stocks, gained 0.3%.
Stocks on Sweden's OMX Stockholm 30 Index dropped 0.1%, while Norway's Oslo Exchange Benchmark Index_GI dropped 0.2%. Shares in Iceland decreased, with the OMX Iceland All-Share PI Equity Index dropping 1.3%.
Elsewhere in Europe, indexes fell, with the STOXX Europe 600 Index declining 0.6% and the FTSE 100 Index dropping 0.2% from the previous close.
Stock indexes in Asia were up, with Japan's NIKKEI 225 Index up 0.6% and China's Shanghai Composite Index rising 0.1%.
In commodities news, Brent crude oil futures were unchanged, while gold futures were down 0.5%. Bitcoin slipped 0.6% to $25,556.
On the currency front, the WSJ Dollar Index rose 0.1% to 99.32.
Against the euro, the U.S. dollar was flat, the Norwegian krone was flat, the Danish krone was flat, the Swedish krona was down 0.2%, and the Icelandic krona was down 0.4%.
Against the U.S. dollar, the euro was flat, the Norwegian krone was flat, the Danish krone was down 0.1%, the Swedish krona was down 0.3%, and the Icelandic krona 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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