Nordic stocks rose Monday, with the OMX Nordic 40 Index rising 0.2%.
Sinch AB was the biggest leader during the session, jumping 13.1%, and Boliden AB rose 4.7%. Embracer Group AB Series B rounded out the top three leaders on Monday, with shares adding 4.6%.
Bavarian Nordic A/S posted the largest decline, cratering 26.0%, followed by Sweco AB Series A shares, which declined 7.8%. Shares of NCAB Group AB dropped 6.6%.
In Denmark, the OMX Copenhagen 20 Index declined 0.6%, while the OMX Helsinki 25 Index, which tracks Finland's most-traded stocks, increased 0.3%.
Stocks on Sweden's OMX Stockholm 30 Index gained 0.7%, and Norway's Oslo Exchange Benchmark Index_GI increased 0.5%. Shares in Iceland decreased, with the OMX Iceland All-Share PI Equity Index falling 0.6%.
Elsewhere in Europe, indexes rose, with the STOXX Europe 600 Index gaining 0.1% and the FTSE 100 Index adding 0.2% from the previous close.
Stock indexes in Asia were mixed, with Japan's NIKKEI 225 Index up 1.2% and China's Shanghai Composite Index down 0.1%.
In commodities news, Brent crude oil futures were up 2.1%, while gold futures were down 0.3%. Bitcoin was down 3.5% to $29,080.
On the currency front, the WSJ Dollar Index was flat at 95.97.
Against the euro, the Norwegian krone was up 0.5%, the U.S. dollar was up 0.4%, the Icelandic krona was up 0.2%, the Swedish krona was up 0.2%, and the Danish krone was flat.
Against the U.S. dollar, the Norwegian krone was up 0.1%, the Icelandic krona was down 0.2%, the Swedish krona was down 0.2%, the euro was down 0.4%, and the Danish krone 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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