Nordic Stocks Close Up; Autostore Holdings Leads Increases

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Nordic stocks rose Tuesday, with the OMX Nordic 40 Index rising 0.5%.

Autostore Holdings Ltd. was the biggest leader among large stocks during the session, increasing 6.9%, and Electrolux AB Series A increased 6.4%. Boliden AB rounded out the top three leaders on Tuesday, with shares rising 5.7%.

Saab AB Series B posted the largest decline, dropping 9.3%, followed by Hexatronic Group AB shares, which declined 8.1%. Shares of Fortnox AB dropped 6.9%.

In Denmark, the OMX Copenhagen 20 Index gained 0.1%, and the OMX Helsinki 25 Index, which tracks Finland's most-traded stocks, gained 1.3%.

Stocks on Sweden's OMX Stockholm 30 Index increased 0.2%, while Norway's Oslo Exchange Benchmark Index_GI was flat at 1,412.36. Shares in Iceland increased, with the OMX Iceland All-Share PI Equity Index increasing 1.2%.

Elsewhere in Europe, indexes rose, with the STOXX Europe 600 Index gaining 0.7% and the FTSE 100 Index adding 0.3% from the previous close.

In commodities news, Brent crude oil futures were up 1.5%, and gold futures were up 0.6%. Bitcoin slipped 0.1% to $63,218.

On the currency front, the WSJ Dollar Index fell 0.3% to 95.59.

Against the euro, the Icelandic krona was up 0.4%, the Swedish krona was up 0.3%, the Norwegian krone was up 0.1%, the Danish krone was flat, and the U.S. dollar was down 0.4%.

Against the U.S. dollar, the Icelandic krona was up 0.8%, the Swedish krona was up 0.7%, the Norwegian krone was up 0.5%, the Danish krone was up 0.4%, and the euro was up 0.4%.

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet

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September 24, 2024 12:21 ET (16:21 GMT)

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