Stocks in the Nordic region increased Thursday, with the OMX Nordic 40 Index rising 0.6%.
Embracer Group AB Series B was the biggest leader among large stocks during the session, increasing 8.1%, and NCAB Group AB rose 7.9%. Corem Property Group AB Series A rounded out the top three leaders on Thursday, with shares gaining 5.9%.
Novonesis A/S Series B posted the largest decline, falling 3.9%, followed by Skel Fjarfestingafelag hf. shares, which dropped 2.5%. Shares of Neste Oyj dropped 2.3%.
In Denmark, the OMX Copenhagen 20 Index fell 0.5%, while the OMX Helsinki 25 Index, which tracks Finland's most-traded stocks, increased 0.9%.
Stocks on Sweden's OMX Stockholm 30 Index gained 1.6%, and Norway's Oslo Exchange Benchmark Index_GI increased 0.5%. Shares in Iceland decreased, with the OMX Iceland All-Share PI Equity Index dropping 0.1%.
Elsewhere in Europe, indexes rose, with the STOXX Europe 600 Index increasing 0.9% and the FTSE 100 Index adding 1.9% from the previous close.
Stock indexes in Asia were mixed, with Japan's NIKKEI 225 Index up 2.0% and China's Shanghai Composite Index down 0.1%.
In commodities news, Brent crude oil futures were down 0.6%, while gold futures were up 1.1%. Bitcoin rose 0.8% to $66,202.
On the currency front, the WSJ Dollar Index increased 0.5% to 98.70.
Against the euro, the U.S. dollar was up 0.6%, the Danish krone was flat, the Icelandic krona was flat, the Swedish krona was down 0.2%, and the Norwegian krone was down 0.4%.
Against the U.S. dollar, the euro was down 0.6%, the Danish krone was down 0.6%, the Icelandic krona was down 0.6%, the Swedish krona was down 0.7%, and the Norwegian krone was down 1.0%.
-This article was automatically generated by Dow Jones Newswires using technology from Automated Insights. Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet
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