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Stocks in the Nordic region declined Monday, with the OMX Nordic 40 Index declining 0.8%.

Marel hf. posted the largest decline among large stocks during the session, falling 7.3%, followed by Ambu A/S Series B shares, which declined 2.7%. Shares of Lagercrantz Group AB Series B declined 2.5%.

Alimak Group AB was the biggest leader, adding 3.5%, and Cibus Nordic Real Estate AB rose 3.2%. Flex LNG Ltd. rounded out the top three leaders on Monday, with shares increasing 2.6%.

In Denmark, the OMX Copenhagen 20 Index fell 1.5%, and the OMX Helsinki 25 Index, which tracks Finland's most-traded stocks, dropped 0.1%.

Stocks on Sweden's OMX Stockholm 30 Index dropped 0.3%, while Norway's Oslo Exchange Benchmark Index_GI held steady at 1,425.05. Shares in Iceland decreased, with the OMX Iceland All-Share PI Equity Index falling 0.8%.

Elsewhere in Europe, indexes fell, with the STOXX Europe 600 Index falling 0.5% and the FTSE 100 Index falling 0.4% from the previous close.

In commodities news, Brent crude oil futures were up 0.6%, while gold futures were down 0.8%. Bitcoin slipped 1.8% to $92,014.

On the currency front, the WSJ Dollar Index increased 0.1% to 102.55.

Against the euro, the Icelandic krona was up 0.4%, the Norwegian krone was up 0.4%, the U.S. dollar was up 0.3%, the Swedish krona was up 0.1%, and the Danish krone was flat.

Against the U.S. dollar, the Icelandic krona was up 0.1%, the Norwegian krone was up 0.1%, the Swedish krona was down 0.3%, the Danish krone was down 0.4%, and the euro was down 0.4%.

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet

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December 30, 2024 12:05 ET (17:05 GMT)

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