Nordic Shares Drop; Munters Group Posts Biggest Loss

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Stocks in the Nordic region declined Friday, with the OMX Nordic 40 Index declining 0.9%.

Munters Group AB posted the largest decline among large stocks during the session, dropping 6.2%, followed by Sweco AB Series A shares, which declined 5.6%. Shares of Sweco AB Series B declined 5.0%.

Volvo Car AB Series B was the biggest leader, gaining 6.3%, and Elkem ASA rose 6.0%. Creades AB Series A rounded out the top three leaders on Friday, with shares rising 6.0%.

In Denmark, the OMX Copenhagen 20 Index fell 2.8%, while the OMX Helsinki 25 Index, which tracks Finland's most-traded stocks, rose 0.1%.

Stocks on Sweden's OMX Stockholm 30 Index fell 0.1%, while Norway's Oslo Exchange Benchmark Index_GI gained 0.9%. Shares in Iceland increased, with the OMX Iceland All-Share PI Equity Index adding 1.9%.

Elsewhere in Europe, indexes rose, with the STOXX Europe 600 Index adding 0.5% and the FTSE 100 Index rising 0.4% from the previous close.

In commodities news, Brent crude oil futures were up 0.6%, while gold futures were down 0.8%. Bitcoin climbed 2.2% to $66,141.

On the currency front, the WSJ Dollar Index fell 0.2% to 95.37.

Against the euro, the Norwegian krone was up 0.5%, the Swedish krona was up 0.3%, the U.S. dollar was up 0.2%, the Danish krone was flat, and the Icelandic krona was down 0.1%.

Against the U.S. dollar, the Norwegian krone was up 0.3%, the Swedish krona was up 0.1%, the euro was down 0.2%, the Danish krone was down 0.2%, and the Icelandic krona was down 0.3%.

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet

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September 27, 2024 12:21 ET (16:21 GMT)

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