Stocks in the Nordic region declined Thursday, with the OMX Nordic 40 Index declining 2.2%.
Nokia Corp. posted the largest decline during the session, dropping 7.1%, followed by DnB Bank ASA shares, which declined 7.0%. Shares of Nokia Corp. declined 6.4%.
Telia Co. AB was the biggest leader, rising 7.9%, and Mycronic AB gained 6.4%. Fortnox AB rounded out the top three leaders on Thursday, with shares rising 5.1%.
In Denmark, the OMX Copenhagen 20 Index declined 3.2%, and the OMX Helsinki 25 Index, which tracks Finland's most-traded stocks, dropped 1.6%.
Stocks on Sweden's OMX Stockholm 30 Index declined 1.1%, while Norway's Oslo Exchange Benchmark Index_GI fell 1.6%. Shares in Iceland were flat, with the OMX Iceland All-Share PI Equity Index holding steady at 1,834.58.
Elsewhere in Europe, indexes fell, with the STOXX Europe 600 Index dropping 1.2% and the FTSE 100 Index dropping 1.2% from the previous close.
Stock indexes in Asia were down, with Japan's NIKKEI 225 Index dropping 1.9% and China's Shanghai Composite Index falling 1.7%.
In commodities news, Brent crude oil futures were unchanged, and gold futures were up 0.2%. Bitcoin rose 1.7% to $28,731.
On the currency front, the WSJ Dollar Index dropped 0.2% to 100.43.
Against the euro, the Swedish krona was up 0.1%, the Norwegian krone was flat, the Icelandic krona was flat, the Danish krone was flat, and the U.S. dollar was down 0.5%.
Against the U.S. dollar, the Swedish krona was up 0.6%, the euro was up 0.5%, the Icelandic krona was up 0.5%, the Danish krone was up 0.5%, and the Norwegian krone was up 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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