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Nordic stocks increased Wednesday, with the OMX Nordic 40 Index rising 1.4%.

Nordic Semiconductor ASA was the biggest leader among large stocks during the session, soaring 21.1%, and AddLife AB jumped 15.5%. Bilia AB Series A rounded out the top three leaders on Wednesday, with shares jumping 13.9%.

Munters Group AB posted the largest decline, plunging 10.2%, followed by Husqvarna AB Series B shares, which declined 7.3%. Shares of AAK AB declined 7.2%.

In Denmark, the OMX Copenhagen 20 Index gained 2.9%, and the OMX Helsinki 25 Index, which tracks Finland's most-traded stocks, gained 0.2%.

Stocks on Sweden's OMX Stockholm 30 Index dropped 0.4%, while Norway's Oslo Exchange Benchmark Index_GI dropped 0.5%. Shares in Iceland decreased, with the OMX Iceland All-Share PI Equity Index declining 0.4%.

Elsewhere in Europe, indexes rose, with the STOXX Europe 600 Index gaining 0.5% and the FTSE 100 Index adding 0.6% from the previous close.

In commodities news, Brent crude oil futures were down 2.0%, while gold futures were up 0.7%. Bitcoin was down 0.5% to $98,198.

On the currency front, the WSJ Dollar Index fell 0.4% to 101.60.

Against the euro, the Swedish krona was up 0.4%, the Danish krone was flat, the Icelandic krona was flat, the Norwegian krone was down 0.1%, and the U.S. dollar was down 0.4%.

Against the U.S. dollar, the Swedish krona was up 0.8%, the Icelandic krona was up 0.4%, the Danish krone was up 0.4%, the euro was up 0.4%, and the Norwegian krone was up 0.3%.

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet

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

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