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Stocks in the Nordic region rose Wednesday, with the OMX Nordic 40 Index rising 2.4%.

Rockwool A/S Series B was the biggest leader among large stocks during the session, surging 11.2%, and Rockwool A/S Series A surged 10.8%. Yubico AB rounded out the top three leaders on Wednesday, with shares adding 9.2%.

Golden Ocean Group Ltd. posted the largest decline, plunging 11.4%, followed by Icelandic Salmon A/S shares, which declined 6.3%. Shares of Vitrolife AB declined 5.6%.

In Denmark, the OMX Copenhagen 20 Index gained 1.9%, and the OMX Helsinki 25 Index, which tracks Finland's most-traded stocks, increased 1.4%.

Stocks on Sweden's OMX Stockholm 30 Index increased 2.6%, and Norway's Oslo Exchange Benchmark Index_GI gained 0.7%. Shares in Iceland increased, with the OMX Iceland All-Share PI Equity Index rising 2.0%.

Elsewhere in Europe, indexes were mixed, with the STOXX Europe 600 Index rising 0.9% and the FTSE 100 Index steady from the previous close.

In commodities news, Brent crude oil futures were down 3.7%, while gold futures were up 0.6%. Bitcoin rose 2.3% to $88,835.

On the currency front, the WSJ Dollar Index fell 0.7% to 99.72.

Against the euro, the Swedish krona was up 0.3%, the Danish krone was flat, the Norwegian krone was down 0.2%, the Icelandic krona was down 0.4%, and the U.S. dollar was down 1.4%.

Against the U.S. dollar, the Swedish krona was up 1.7%, the euro was up 1.4%, the Danish krone was up 1.4%, the Norwegian krone was up 1.2%, and the Icelandic krona was up 1.0%.

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet

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March 05, 2025 12:05 ET (17:05 GMT)

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