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Stocks in the Nordic region increased Monday, with the OMX Nordic 40 Index rising 1.0%.
OX2 AB was the biggest leader among large stocks during the session, rocketing 40.2%, and A.P. Moeller-Maersk A/S Series A gained 8.1%. A.P. Moeller-Maersk A/S Series B rounded out the top three leaders on Monday, with shares adding 7.7%.
Zealand Pharma A/S posted the largest decline, dropping 5.9%, followed by NCAB Group AB shares, which fell 3.9%. Shares of Oersted A/S dropped 3.7%.
In Denmark, the OMX Copenhagen 20 Index rose 2.4%, and the OMX Helsinki 25 Index, which tracks Finland's most-traded stocks, increased 0.3%.
Stocks on Sweden's OMX Stockholm 30 Index fell 0.1%, while Norway's Oslo Exchange Benchmark Index_GI dropped 0.2%. Shares in Iceland decreased, with the OMX Iceland All-Share PI Equity Index falling 0.2%.
Elsewhere in Europe, indexes were mixed, with the STOXX Europe 600 Index steady and the FTSE 100 Index declining 0.2% from the previous close.
Stock indexes in Asia were down, with Japan's NIKKEI 225 Index falling 0.1% and China's Shanghai Composite Index falling 0.2%.
In commodities news, Brent crude oil futures were up 0.6%, while gold futures were down 1.4%. Bitcoin climbed 3.0% to $63,210.
On the currency front, the WSJ Dollar Index fell 0.1% to 99.76.
Against the euro, the Norwegian krone was up 0.1%, the Danish krone was flat, the Swedish krona was down 0.1%, the Icelandic krona was down 0.1%, and the U.S. dollar was down 0.2%.
Against the U.S. dollar, the Norwegian krone was up 0.7%, the Danish krone was up 0.2%, the euro was up 0.2%, the Swedish krona was up 0.2%, and the Icelandic krona was up 0.1%.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet
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05-13-24 1245ET
