Stocks in the Nordic region gained Monday, with the OMX Nordic 40 Index rising 0.8%.
Getinge AB Series B was the biggest leader among large stocks during the session, increasing 8.7%, and Embracer Group AB Series B increased 8.6%. Nokia Corp. rounded out the top three leaders on Monday, with shares gaining 6.4%.
Troax Group AB Series A posted the largest decline, dropping 8.0%, followed by Paradox Interactive AB shares, which declined 6.9%. Shares of BioArctic AB Series B declined 6.2%.
In Denmark, the OMX Copenhagen 20 Index gained 1.1%, and the OMX Helsinki 25 Index, which tracks Finland's most-traded stocks, increased 1.1%.
Stocks on Sweden's OMX Stockholm 30 Index gained 0.4%, while Norway's Oslo Exchange Benchmark Index_GI dropped 0.1%. Shares in Iceland decreased, with the OMX Iceland All-Share PI Equity Index dropping 0.7%.
Elsewhere in Europe, indexes rose, with the STOXX Europe 600 Index rising 0.6% and the FTSE 100 Index increasing 1.6% from the previous close.
Stock indexes in Asia were mixed, with Japan's NIKKEI 225 Index up 1.0% and China's Shanghai Composite Index down 0.7%.
In commodities news, Brent crude oil futures were down 0.3%, and gold futures were down 2.8%. Bitcoin rose 2.6% to $66,241.
On the currency front, the WSJ Dollar Index rose 0.1% to 100.55.
Against the euro, the Swedish krona was up 0.2%, the Icelandic krona was up 0.1%, the U.S. dollar was up 0.1%, the Norwegian krone was flat, and the Danish krone was flat.
Against the U.S. dollar, the Swedish krona was up 0.1%, the Icelandic krona was flat, the Norwegian krone was down 0.1%, the Danish krone was down 0.1%, and the euro was down 0.1%.
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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