Stocks in the Nordic region rose Thursday, with the OMX Nordic 40 Index rising 1.2%.
OX2 AB was the biggest leader among large stocks during the session, jumping 11.0%, and Catena AB rose 7.5%. Embracer Group AB Series B rounded out the top three leaders on Thursday, with shares rising 5.4%.
ISS A/S posted the largest decline, declining 6.9%, followed by Lundin Mining Corp. shares, which dropped 4.2%. Shares of Torm PLC A declined 3.8%.
In Denmark, the OMX Copenhagen 20 Index gained 1.7%, while the OMX Helsinki 25 Index, which tracks Finland's most-traded stocks, dropped 0.2%.
Stocks on Sweden's OMX Stockholm 30 Index increased 0.5%, and Norway's Oslo Exchange Benchmark Index_GI increased 0.3%. Shares in Iceland decreased, with the OMX Iceland All-Share PI Equity Index declining 0.2%.
Elsewhere in Europe, indexes rose, with the STOXX Europe 600 Index gaining 0.8% and the FTSE 100 Index increasing 0.3% from the previous close.
Stock indexes in Asia were up, with Japan's NIKKEI 225 Index up 2.2% and China's Shanghai Composite Index rising 1.3%.
In commodities news, Brent crude oil futures were up 0.9%, while gold futures were down 0.1%. Bitcoin climbed 1.2% to $51,568.
On the currency front, the WSJ Dollar Index was flat at 98.49.
Against the euro, the Swedish krona was up 0.3%, the Icelandic krona was up 0.2%, the Danish krone was flat, the U.S. dollar was flat, and the Norwegian krone was down 0.2%.
Against the U.S. dollar, the Swedish krona was up 0.3%, the Icelandic krona was up 0.2%, the Danish krone was flat, the euro was flat, and the Norwegian krone was down 0.2%.
-This article was automatically generated by MarketWatch using technology from Automated Insights. Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet.
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