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Stocks in the Nordic region declined Wednesday, with the OMX Nordic 40 Index declining 0.3%.
Novo Nordisk A/S posted the largest decline among large stocks during the session, dropping 6.7%, followed by Koebenhavns Lufthavne A/S shares, which dropped 3.8%. Shares of Seadrill Ltd. dropped 2.9%.
Icelandic Salmon A/S was the biggest leader, rising 8.8%, and Sinch AB gained 5.6%. Hexatronic Group AB rounded out the top three leaders on Wednesday, with shares adding 5.3%.
In Denmark, the OMX Copenhagen 20 Index dropped 3.8%, while the OMX Helsinki 25 Index, which tracks Finland's most-traded stocks, increased 2.2%.
Stocks on Sweden's OMX Stockholm 30 Index increased 1.6%, and Norway's Oslo Exchange Benchmark Index_GI increased 2.0%. Shares in Iceland increased, with the OMX Iceland All-Share PI Equity Index increasing 0.2%.
Elsewhere in Europe, indexes rose, with the STOXX Europe 600 Index rising 1.5% and the FTSE 100 Index rising 1.7% from the previous close.
In commodities news, Brent crude oil futures were up 3.0%, and gold futures were up 0.1%. Bitcoin slipped 1.5% to $55,943.
On the currency front, the WSJ Dollar Index increased 0.3% to 98.21.
Against the euro, the Norwegian krone was up 1.4%, the Swedish krona was up 0.8%, the Icelandic krona was up 0.1%, the U.S. dollar was up 0.1%, and the Danish krone was flat.
Against the U.S. dollar, the Norwegian krone was up 1.3%, the Swedish krona was up 0.7%, the Icelandic krona was flat, the euro was down 0.1%, and the Danish krone was down 0.1%.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet
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08-07-24 1221ET
