Nordic Stocks Decrease; AQ Group Posts Biggest Loss

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Nordic stocks fell Monday, with the OMX Nordic 40 Index declining 0.8%.

AQ Group AB posted the largest decline among large stocks during the session, dropping 6.2%, followed by Icelandic Salmon A/S shares, which fell 4.8%. Shares of Sinch AB declined 4.4%.

Eik Fasteignafelag hf. was the biggest leader, adding 6.1%, and Islandsbanki Hf. rose 4.2%. A.P. Moeller-Maersk A/S Series B rounded out the top three leaders on Monday, with shares adding 4.0%.

In Denmark, the OMX Copenhagen 20 Index dropped 0.9%, and the OMX Helsinki 25 Index, which tracks Finland's most-traded stocks, fell 0.2%.

Stocks on Sweden's OMX Stockholm 30 Index declined 0.5%, while Norway's Oslo Exchange Benchmark Index_GI increased 0.7%. Shares in Iceland increased, with the OMX Iceland All-Share PI Equity Index rising 0.6%.

Elsewhere in Europe, indexes fell, with the STOXX Europe 600 Index declining 1.0% and the FTSE 100 Index falling 1.0% from the previous close.

In commodities news, Brent crude oil futures were up 1.3%, while gold futures were down 0.5%. Bitcoin fell 3.7% to $63,557.

On the currency front, the WSJ Dollar Index increased 0.2% to 95.50.

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

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

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet

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September 30, 2024 12:21 ET (16:21 GMT)

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