Stocks in the Nordic region declined Thursday, with the OMX Nordic 40 Index declining 0.5%.

Surgical Science Sweden AB posted the largest decline during the session, plummeting 20.5%, followed by Embracer Group AB Series B shares, which declined 7.2%. Shares of Fortnox AB declined 5.2%.

ALK-Abello A/S Series B was the biggest leader, adding 7.0%, and Frontline PLC gained 6.6%. Tele2 AB Series A rounded out the top three leaders on Thursday, with shares increasing 5.7%.

In Denmark, the OMX Copenhagen 20 Index dropped 0.4%, and the OMX Helsinki 25 Index, which tracks Finland's most-traded stocks, fell 0.6%.

Stocks on Sweden's OMX Stockholm 30 Index fell 0.4%, while Norway's Oslo Exchange Benchmark Index_GI declined 0.1%. Shares in Iceland decreased, with the OMX Iceland All-Share PI Equity Index declining 0.8%.

Elsewhere in Europe, indexes were mixed, with the STOXX Europe 600 Index falling 0.4% and the FTSE 100 Index gaining 0.2% from the previous close.

Stock indexes in Asia were up, with Japan's NIKKEI 225 Index up 0.9% and China's Shanghai Composite Index rising 0.1%.

In commodities news, Brent crude oil futures were unchanged, while gold futures were flat. Bitcoin slipped 2.0% to $26,065.

On the currency front, the WSJ Dollar Index gained 0.4% to 98.38.

Against the euro, the U.S. dollar was up 0.4%, the Icelandic krona was flat, the Danish krone was flat, the Swedish krona was down 0.3%, and the Norwegian krone was down 0.5%.

Against the U.S. dollar, the Danish krone was down 0.4%, the euro was down 0.4%, the Icelandic krona was down 0.4%, the Swedish krona was down 0.7%, 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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