Nordic Stocks Closed Down Wednesday; Beijer Ref Series B Took Biggest Hit

Stocks in the Nordic region declined Wednesday, with the OMX Nordic 40 Index declining 0.3%.

Beijer Ref AB Series B posted the largest decline during the session, dropping 9.8%, followed by Biotage AB shares, which dropped 6.3%. Shares of Netcompany Group A/S fell 5.8%.

Better Collective A/S was the biggest leader, gaining 5.6%, and Husqvarna AB Series B rose 5.6%. Sagax AB Series D rounded out the top three leaders on Wednesday, with shares gaining 5.2%.

In Denmark, the OMX Copenhagen 20 Index fell 0.4%, and the OMX Helsinki 25 Index, which tracks Finland's most-traded stocks, declined 1.8%.

Stocks on Sweden's OMX Stockholm 30 Index declined 0.7%, while Norway's Oslo Exchange Benchmark Index_GI declined 0.5%. Shares in Iceland were flat, with the OMX Iceland All-Share PI Equity Index holding steady at 1,938.84.

Elsewhere in Europe, indexes fell, with the STOXX Europe 600 Index dropping 0.5% and the FTSE 100 Index falling 0.1% from the previous close.

Stock indexes in Asia were mixed, with Japan's NIKKEI 225 Index up 0.6% and China's Shanghai Composite Index down 1.3%.

In commodities news, Brent crude oil futures were up 1.5%, while gold futures were down 0.3%. Bitcoin was up 8.7% to $30,610.

On the currency front, the WSJ Dollar Index declined 0.1% to 96.66.

Against the euro, the Swedish krona was up 0.6%, the Icelandic krona was up 0.5%, the Danish krone was flat, the Norwegian krone was flat, and the U.S. dollar was down 0.4%.

Against the U.S. dollar, the Swedish krona was up 1.1%, the Icelandic krona was up 0.9%, the Danish krone was up 0.4%, the euro was up 0.4%, and the Norwegian krone was up 0.3%.

-This article was automatically generated by MarketWatch using technology from Automated Insights. Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet.

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