Stocks in the Nordic region increased Wednesday, with the OMX Nordic 40 Index rising 0.2%.
Billerud AB was the biggest leader during the session, adding 7.6%, and Storebrand ASA rose 6.0%. Alleima AB rounded out the top three leaders on Wednesday, with shares adding 5.5%.
Bravida Holding AB posted the largest decline, tumbling 12.0%, followed by Sinch AB shares, which plunged 11.7%. Shares of Ossur hf. fell 9.4%.
In Denmark, the OMX Copenhagen 20 Index rose 0.2%, while the OMX Helsinki 25 Index, which tracks Finland's most-traded stocks, declined 0.2%.
Stocks on Sweden's OMX Stockholm 30 Index was flat at 2,073.84, while Norway's Oslo Exchange Benchmark Index_GI declined 0.5%. Shares in Iceland decreased, with the OMX Iceland All-Share PI Equity Index declining 0.7%.
Elsewhere in Europe, indexes were mixed, with the STOXX Europe 600 Index flat and the FTSE 100 Index adding 0.3% from the previous close.
Stock indexes in Asia were up, with Japan's NIKKEI 225 Index up 0.7% and China's Shanghai Composite Index rising 0.4%.
In commodities news, Brent crude oil futures were up 0.8%, and gold futures were up 0.4%. Bitcoin climbed 3.3% to $34,759.
On the currency front, the WSJ Dollar Index gained 0.1% to 100.60.
Against the euro, the Swedish krona was up 0.1%, the U.S. dollar was up 0.1%, the Norwegian krone was flat, the Danish krone was flat, and the Icelandic krona was down 0.3%.
Against the U.S. dollar, the Swedish krona was flat, the Norwegian krone was flat, the euro was down 0.1%, the Danish krone was down 0.1%, and the Icelandic krona was down 0.3%.
-This article was automatically generated by MarketWatch using technology from Automated Insights. Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet.
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