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Stocks in the Nordic region increased Wednesday, with the OMX Nordic 40 Index rising 0.5%.

NCC AB Series A was the biggest leader among large stocks during the session, gaining 7.9%, and Munters Group AB rose 6.3%. NCC AB Series B rounded out the top three leaders on Wednesday, with shares gaining 6.2%.

Xvivo Perfusion AB posted the largest decline, dropping 7.2%, followed by Oersted A/S shares, which dropped 6.0%. Shares of BW LPG Ltd. dropped 4.9%.

In Denmark, the OMX Copenhagen 20 Index increased 0.6%, and the OMX Helsinki 25 Index, which tracks Finland's most-traded stocks, rose 0.2%.

Stocks on Sweden's OMX Stockholm 30 Index rose 0.4%, and Norway's Oslo Exchange Benchmark Index_GI gained 0.3%. Shares in Iceland increased, with the OMX Iceland All-Share PI Equity Index rising 1.1%.

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

In commodities news, Brent crude oil futures were down 0.1%, while gold futures were up 0.4%. Bitcoin fell 1.9% to $104,078.

On the currency front, the WSJ Dollar Index gained 0.2% to 102.43.

Against the euro, the Norwegian krone was up 0.3%, the U.S. dollar was up 0.1%, the Danish krone was flat, the Swedish krona was down 0.1%, and the Icelandic krona was down 0.1%.

Against the U.S. dollar, the Norwegian krone was up 0.2%, the Danish krone was down 0.1%, the euro was down 0.1%, the Swedish krona was down 0.2%, and the Icelandic krona was down 0.3%.

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet

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January 22, 2025 12:05 ET (17:05 GMT)

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