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Stocks in the Nordic region rose Wednesday, with the OMX Nordic 40 Index rising 1.1%.
Gubra A/S was the biggest leader among large stocks during the session, rising 8.1%, and BioArctic AB Series B increased 5.2%. Electrolux AB Series A rounded out the top three leaders on Wednesday, with shares adding 4.5%.
Samhaellsbyggnadsbolaget i Norden AB Series D posted the largest decline, declining 5.7%, followed by Samhaellsbyggnadsbolaget i Norden AB Series B shares, which fell 5.2%. Shares of NEL ASA declined 3.8%.
In Denmark, the OMX Copenhagen 20 Index increased 1.4%, and the OMX Helsinki 25 Index, which tracks Finland's most-traded stocks, increased 0.3%.
Stocks on Sweden's OMX Stockholm 30 Index increased 0.5%, and Norway's Oslo Exchange Benchmark Index_GI rose 1.1%. Shares in Iceland decreased, with the OMX Iceland All-Share PI Equity Index falling 0.2%.
Elsewhere in Europe, indexes rose, with the STOXX Europe 600 Index gaining 0.8% and the FTSE 100 Index rising 1.1% from the previous close.
In commodities news, Brent crude oil futures were up 3.1%, and gold futures were up 0.7%. Bitcoin was up 0.8% to $66,388.
On the currency front, the WSJ Dollar Index declined 0.4% to 98.94.
Against the euro, the Swedish krona was up 0.4%, the Norwegian krone was up 0.3%, the Danish krone was flat, the U.S. dollar was flat, and the Icelandic krona was down 0.1%.
Against the U.S. dollar, the Swedish krona was up 0.4%, the Norwegian krone was up 0.3%, the Danish krone was flat, the euro was flat, and the Icelandic krona was down 0.1%.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet
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