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Nordic stocks gained Wednesday, with the OMX Nordic 40 Index rising 2.0%.

Millicom International Cellular S.A. was the biggest leader among large stocks during the session, jumping 11.2%, and EQT AB increased 7.4%. Yubico AB rounded out the top three leaders on Wednesday, with shares rising 5.7%.

Xvivo Perfusion AB posted the largest decline, declining 7.6%, followed by Kaldvik A/S shares, which declined 5.7%. Shares of Genmab A/S declined 5.7%.

In Denmark, the OMX Copenhagen 20 Index rose 1.5%, and the OMX Helsinki 25 Index, which tracks Finland's most-traded stocks, increased 1.4%.

Stocks on Sweden's OMX Stockholm 30 Index gained 2.0%, and Norway's Oslo Exchange Benchmark Index_GI increased 0.9%. Shares in Iceland decreased, with the OMX Iceland All-Share PI Equity Index dropping 1.0%.

Elsewhere in Europe, indexes rose, with the STOXX Europe 600 Index rising 1.3% and the FTSE 100 Index adding 1.2% from the previous close.

In commodities news, Brent crude oil futures were up 1.8%, and gold futures were up 1.1%. Bitcoin rose 2.8% to $99,206.

On the currency front, the WSJ Dollar Index dropped 0.2% to 103.12.

Against the euro, the Norwegian krone was up 0.6%, the Swedish krona was up 0.3%, the U.S. dollar was up 0.2%, the Danish krone was flat, and the Icelandic krona was flat.

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

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet

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January 15, 2025 12:05 ET (17:05 GMT)

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