Nordic Stocks Gain; Yubico Climbs Highest

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Stocks in the Nordic region gained Friday, with the OMX Nordic 40 Index rising 0.3%.

Yubico AB was the biggest leader among large stocks during the session, rising 7.8%, and Embracer Group AB Series B gained 6.9%. DOF Group ASA rounded out the top three leaders on Friday, with shares adding 6.7%.

Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA posted the largest decline, plunging 11.6%, followed by MPC Container Ships ASA shares, which fell 6.2%. Shares of Vitrolife AB declined 5.6%.

In Denmark, the OMX Copenhagen 20 Index declined 0.2%, while the OMX Helsinki 25 Index, which tracks Finland's most-traded stocks, increased 0.8%.

Stocks on Sweden's OMX Stockholm 30 Index gained 0.4%, and Norway's Oslo Exchange Benchmark Index_GI rose 0.9%. Shares in Iceland increased, with the OMX Iceland All-Share PI Equity Index gaining 0.5%.

Elsewhere in Europe, indexes were mixed, with the STOXX Europe 600 Index gaining 0.4% and the FTSE 100 Index steady from the previous close.

In commodities news, Brent crude oil futures were up 1.2%, while gold futures were down 0.3%. Bitcoin climbed 1.3% to $61,803.

On the currency front, the WSJ Dollar Index gained 0.6% to 97.30.

Against the euro, the U.S. dollar was up 0.7%, the Icelandic krona was up 0.3%, the Norwegian krone was up 0.1%, the Danish krone was up 0.1%, and the Swedish krona was down 0.1%.

Against the U.S. dollar, the Icelandic krona was down 0.4%, the Norwegian krone was down 0.6%, the Danish krone was down 0.6%, the euro was down 0.7%, and the Swedish krona was down 0.8%.

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet

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October 04, 2024 12:21 ET (16:21 GMT)

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