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Nordic stocks rose Friday, with the OMX Nordic 40 Index rising 1.6%.

Ratos AB Series A was the biggest leader among large stocks during the session, jumping 12.9%, and Marel hf. gained 5.5%. International Petroleum Corp. rounded out the top three leaders on Friday, with shares increasing 4.7%.

Borr Drilling Ltd. posted the largest decline, dropping 4.5%, followed by Lundin Gold Inc. shares, which dropped 2.9%. Shares of Kaldvik A/S dropped 2.2%.

In Denmark, the OMX Copenhagen 20 Index increased 1.9%, and the OMX Helsinki 25 Index, which tracks Finland's most-traded stocks, gained 1.8%.

Stocks on Sweden's OMX Stockholm 30 Index increased 0.8%, and Norway's Oslo Exchange Benchmark Index_GI gained 1.2%. Shares in Iceland increased, with the OMX Iceland All-Share PI Equity Index gaining 1.2%.

Elsewhere in Europe, indexes rose, with the STOXX Europe 600 Index adding 0.7% and the FTSE 100 Index rising 0.2% from the previous close.

In commodities news, Brent crude oil futures were up 1.0%, while gold futures were down 0.8%. Bitcoin fell 1.6% to $93,948.

On the currency front, the WSJ Dollar Index was flat at 102.49.

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

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

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet

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December 27, 2024 12:05 ET (17:05 GMT)

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