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Stocks in the Nordic region declined Friday, with the OMX Nordic 40 Index declining 5.1%.

Autostore Holdings Ltd. posted the largest decline among large stocks during the session, plunging 16.8%, followed by Golden Ocean Group Ltd. shares, which plunged 15.9%. Shares of BW LPG Ltd. tumbled 13.9%.

Kinnevik AB Series A was the biggest leader, adding 6.9%, and Kinnevik AB Series B gained 2.3%. Jeudan A/S rounded out the top three leaders on Friday, with shares rising 0.8%.

In Denmark, the OMX Copenhagen 20 Index fell 5.8%, and the OMX Helsinki 25 Index, which tracks Finland's most-traded stocks, dropped 3.7%.

Stocks on Sweden's OMX Stockholm 30 Index declined 4.1%, while Norway's Oslo Exchange Benchmark Index_GI fell 5.0%. Shares in Iceland decreased, with the OMX Iceland All-Share PI Equity Index falling 3.1%.

Elsewhere in Europe, indexes fell, with the STOXX Europe 600 Index falling 5.1% and the FTSE 100 Index dropping 5.0% from the previous close.

In commodities news, Brent crude oil futures were down 7.0%, and gold futures were down 2.6%. Bitcoin climbed 1.3% to $83,001.

On the currency front, the WSJ Dollar Index increased 0.9% to 98.85.

Against the euro, the U.S. dollar was up 0.4%, the Danish krone was flat, the Icelandic krona was down 0.3%, the Swedish krona was down 1.7%, and the Norwegian krone was down 3.2%.

Against the U.S. dollar, the Danish krone was down 0.4%, the euro was down 0.4%, the Icelandic krona was down 0.7%, the Swedish krona was down 2.1%, and the Norwegian krone was down 3.6%.

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet

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April 04, 2025 12:05 ET (16:05 GMT)

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