Nordic Shares Fell Tuesday; Getinge Series B Posted Biggest Loss

Stocks in the Nordic region declined Tuesday, with the OMX Nordic 40 Index declining 0.6%.

Getinge AB Series B posted the largest decline during the session, falling 9.0%, followed by Neste Oyj shares, which dropped 8.6%. Shares of Embracer Group AB Series B fell 5.3%.

Kahoot! A/S was the biggest leader, gaining 4.8%, and Nordic Semiconductor ASA increased 4.2%. Camurus AB rounded out the top three leaders on Tuesday, with shares adding 3.8%.

In Denmark, the OMX Copenhagen 20 Index gained 0.3%, while the OMX Helsinki 25 Index, which tracks Finland's most-traded stocks, declined 1.8%.

Stocks on Sweden's OMX Stockholm 30 Index declined 0.5%, while Norway's Oslo Exchange Benchmark Index_GI increased 0.2%. Shares in Iceland increased, with the OMX Iceland All-Share PI Equity Index gaining 0.2%.

Elsewhere in Europe, indexes fell, with the STOXX Europe 600 Index falling 0.6% and the FTSE 100 Index declining 0.3% from the previous close.

Stock indexes in Asia were mixed, with Japan's NIKKEI 225 Index up 0.1% and China's Shanghai Composite Index down 0.5%.

In commodities news, Brent crude oil futures were down 1.4%, and gold futures were down 1.2%. Bitcoin climbed 1.9% to $27,216.

On the currency front, the WSJ Dollar Index gained 0.2% to 96.85.

Against the euro, the Icelandic krona was up 0.3%, the U.S. dollar was up 0.1%, the Danish krone was flat, the Swedish krona was down 0.7%, and the Norwegian krone was down 0.8%.

Against the U.S. dollar, the Icelandic krona was up 0.1%, the euro was down 0.1%, the Danish krone was down 0.1%, the Swedish krona was down 0.8%, and the Norwegian krone was down 0.9%.

-This article was automatically generated by MarketWatch using technology from Automated Insights. Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet.

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