Stocks in the Nordic region declined Wednesday, with the OMX Nordic 40 Index declining 0.1%.
Electrolux AB Series A posted the largest decline among large stocks during the session, declining 6.4%, followed by Genmab A/S shares, which fell 4.7%. Shares of Demant A/S fell 4.3%.
Leroy Seafood Group ASA was the biggest leader, jumping 12.4%, and Golden Ocean Group Ltd. rose 9.6%. Sydbank A/S rounded out the top three leaders on Wednesday, with shares gaining 9.5%.
In Denmark, the OMX Copenhagen 20 Index fell 0.2%, and the OMX Helsinki 25 Index, which tracks Finland's most-traded stocks, held steady at 4,446.05.
Stocks on Sweden's OMX Stockholm 30 Index increased 0.2%, and Norway's Oslo Exchange Benchmark Index_GI rose 0.3%. Shares in Iceland decreased, with the OMX Iceland All-Share PI Equity Index declining 0.9%.
Elsewhere in Europe, indexes fell, with the STOXX Europe 600 Index falling 0.4% and the FTSE 100 Index falling 0.8% from the previous close.
Stock indexes in Asia were down, with Japan's NIKKEI 225 Index dropping 0.1% and China's Shanghai Composite Index falling 1.9%.
In commodities news, Brent crude oil futures were down 0.4%, and gold futures were unchanged. Bitcoin climbed 8.7% to $61,928.
On the currency front, the WSJ Dollar Index increased 0.2% to 98.59.
Against the euro, the U.S. dollar was up 0.1%, the Icelandic krona was flat, the Danish krone was flat, the Swedish krona was down 0.2%, and the Norwegian krone was down 0.4%.
Against the U.S. dollar, the Icelandic krona was flat, the euro was down 0.1%, the Danish krone was flat, the Swedish krona was down 0.2%, 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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