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Stocks in the Nordic region increased Wednesday, with the OMX Nordic 40 Index rising 0.2%.

Novonesis A/S Series B was the biggest leader among large stocks during the session, increasing 5.7%, and Truecaller AB Series B increased 5.0%. Yubico AB rounded out the top three leaders on Wednesday, with shares gaining 5.0%.

Kaldvik A/S posted the largest decline, declining 9.9%, followed by Tomra Systems ASA shares, which fell 3.9%. Shares of ISS A/S dropped 3.6%.

In Denmark, the OMX Copenhagen 20 Index fell 1.0%, while the OMX Helsinki 25 Index, which tracks Finland's most-traded stocks, increased 0.7%.

Stocks on Sweden's OMX Stockholm 30 Index increased 1.4%, and Norway's Oslo Exchange Benchmark Index_GI increased 0.5%. Shares in Iceland increased, with the OMX Iceland All-Share PI Equity Index increasing 0.6%.

Elsewhere in Europe, indexes rose, with the STOXX Europe 600 Index increasing 1.0% and the FTSE 100 Index rising 0.7% from the previous close.

In commodities news, Brent crude oil futures were down 0.4%, while gold futures were up 0.3%. Bitcoin slipped 1.3% to $86,834.

On the currency front, the WSJ Dollar Index held steady at 100.65.

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

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

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet

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February 26, 2025 12:05 ET (17:05 GMT)

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