Stocks in the Nordic region declined Tuesday, with the OMX Nordic 40 Index holding steady at 2,567.09.
Borr Drilling Ltd. posted the largest decline among large stocks during the session, tumbling 11.6%, followed by Embracer Group AB Series B shares, which fell 5.4%. Shares of SeaDrill Ltd. dropped 5.3%.
Arjo AB Series B was the biggest leader, adding 6.8%, and Ambu A/S Series B increased 6.5%. Wallenius Wilhelmsen ASA rounded out the top three leaders on Tuesday, with shares gaining 6.4%.
In Denmark, the OMX Copenhagen 20 Index increased 0.1%, while the OMX Helsinki 25 Index, which tracks Finland's most-traded stocks, declined 0.6%.
Stocks on Sweden's OMX Stockholm 30 Index was flat at 2,368.36., while Norway's Oslo Exchange Benchmark Index_GI declined 0.5%. Shares in Iceland decreased, with the OMX Iceland All-Share PI Equity Index falling 0.2%.
Elsewhere in Europe, indexes rose, with the STOXX Europe 600 Index rising 0.2% and the FTSE 100 Index increasing 0.4% 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 1.8%.
In commodities news, Brent crude oil futures were up 0.8%, and gold futures were up 1.4%. Bitcoin rose 0.4% to $43,424.
On the currency front, the WSJ Dollar Index held steady at 97.85.
Against the euro, the Swedish krona was up 0.2%, the Icelandic krona was up 0.1%, the Danish krone was flat, the U.S. dollar was down 0.1%, and the Norwegian krone was down 0.3%.
Against the U.S. dollar, the Swedish krona was up 0.3%, the Icelandic krona was up 0.2%, the euro was up 0.1%, the Danish krone was up 0.1%, and the Norwegian krone was down 0.2%.
-This article was automatically generated by MarketWatch using technology from Automated Insights. Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet.
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