Nordic Stocks Rise; Amaroq Minerals DR Leads Increases

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Nordic stocks increased Monday, with the OMX Nordic 40 Index rising 0.9%.

Amaroq Minerals Ltd. DR was the biggest leader among large stocks during the session, increasing 7.5%, and Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA gained 7.2%. Oersted A/S rounded out the top three leaders on Monday, with shares rising 6.0%.

Camurus AB posted the largest decline, falling 8.3%, followed by TietoEVRY Oyj shares, which fell 5.7%. Shares of Mycronic AB dropped 5.6%.

In Denmark, the OMX Copenhagen 20 Index gained 2.4%, while the OMX Helsinki 25 Index, which tracks Finland's most-traded stocks, declined 0.1%.

Stocks on Sweden's OMX Stockholm 30 Index was flat at 2,602.66, while Norway's Oslo Exchange Benchmark Index_GI fell 0.5%. Shares in Iceland increased, with the OMX Iceland All-Share PI Equity Index adding 2.0%.

Elsewhere in Europe, indexes rose, with the STOXX Europe 600 Index increasing 0.2% and the FTSE 100 Index increasing 0.3% from the previous close.

In commodities news, Brent crude oil futures were up 3.4%, while gold futures were flat. Bitcoin rose 1.7% to $63,692.

On the currency front, the WSJ Dollar Index was flat at 97.18.

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

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

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet

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October 07, 2024 12:21 ET (16:21 GMT)

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