Stocks in the Nordic region rose Friday, with the OMX Nordic 40 Index rising 0.1%.
Royal UNIBREW A/S was the biggest leader among large stocks during the session, surging 18.1%, and Embla Medical hf. increased 4.4%. AQ Group AB rounded out the top three leaders on Friday, with shares adding 4.2%.
Swedencare AB posted the largest decline, dropping 7.9%, followed by Dometic Group AB shares, which fell 7.3%. Shares of Scatec ASA dropped 4.3%.
In Denmark, the OMX Copenhagen 20 Index gained 0.5%, and the OMX Helsinki 25 Index, which tracks Finland's most-traded stocks, increased 0.9%.
Stocks on Sweden's OMX Stockholm 30 Index dropped 0.6%, while Norway's Oslo Exchange Benchmark Index_GI declined 0.1%. Shares in Iceland increased, with the OMX Iceland All-Share PI Equity Index gaining 0.9%.
Elsewhere in Europe, indexes were mixed, with the STOXX Europe 600 Index falling 0.1% and the FTSE 100 Index rising 0.2% from the previous close.
Stock indexes in Asia were down, with Japan's NIKKEI 225 Index dropping 2.7% and China's Shanghai Composite Index falling 0.3%.
In commodities news, Brent crude oil futures were unchanged, and gold futures were up 0.3%. Bitcoin was up 0.3% to $63,747.
On the currency front, the WSJ Dollar Index increased 0.1% to 100.57.
Against the euro, the Swedish krona was up 0.2%, the Norwegian krone was up 0.1%, the U.S. dollar was flat, the Danish krone was flat, and the Icelandic krona was down 0.1%.
Against the U.S. dollar, the Swedish krona was up 0.2%, the Norwegian krone was up 0.2%, the euro was flat, the Danish krone was flat, and the Icelandic krona was down 0.1%.
-This article was automatically generated by MarketWatch using technology from Automated Insights. Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet.
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