Stocks in the Nordic region increased Wednesday, with the OMX Nordic 40 Index holding steady at 2,793.51.
GN Store Nord A/S was the biggest leader among large stocks during the session, increasing 6.1%, and FastPartner AB Series A rose 3.5%. Bakkafrost P/F rounded out the top three leaders on Wednesday, with shares gaining 3.5%.
Hoegh Autoliners ASA posted the largest decline, falling 5.3%, followed by Wallenius Wilhelmsen ASA shares, which dropped 4.5%. Shares of Frontline PLC dropped 4.3%.
In Denmark, the OMX Copenhagen 20 Index rose 0.6%, while the OMX Helsinki 25 Index, which tracks Finland's most-traded stocks, declined 0.1%.
Stocks on Sweden's OMX Stockholm 30 Index declined 0.2%, while Norway's Oslo Exchange Benchmark Index_GI gained 0.1%. Shares in Iceland decreased, with the OMX Iceland All-Share PI Equity Index declining 0.7%.
Elsewhere in Europe, indexes were mixed, with the STOXX Europe 600 Index steady and the FTSE 100 Index flat from the previous close.
In Asia, China's Shanghai Composite Index was up 0.6%, while Japan's Tokyo Stock Exchange was closed.
In commodities news, Brent crude oil futures were down 1.8%, while gold futures were up 0.1%. Bitcoin was down 0.4% to $64,148.
On the currency front, the WSJ Dollar Index increased 0.1% to 98.64.
Against the euro, the Icelandic krona was up 0.3%, the U.S. dollar was flat, the Danish krone was flat, the Norwegian krone was down 0.1%, and the Swedish krona was down 0.3%.
Against the U.S. dollar, the Icelandic krona was up 0.2%, the euro was flat, the Danish krone was flat, the Norwegian krone was down 0.1%, and the Swedish krona was down 0.4%.
-This article was automatically generated by MarketWatch using technology from Automated Insights. Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet.
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