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Nordic stocks increased Tuesday, with the OMX Nordic 40 Index rising 0.5%.

Electrolux AB Series A was the biggest leader among large stocks during the session, gaining 6.2%, and BlueNord ASA increased 5.2%. SSAB AB Series B rounded out the top three leaders on Tuesday, with shares increasing 4.8%.

Kaldvik A/S posted the largest decline, dropping 6.7%, followed by MilDef Group AB shares, which declined 5.5%. Shares of Kongsberg Gruppen ASA fell 4.1%.

In Denmark, the OMX Copenhagen 20 Index gained 0.7%, and the OMX Helsinki 25 Index, which tracks Finland's most-traded stocks, gained 0.4%.

Stocks on Sweden's OMX Stockholm 30 Index was flat at 2,685.50, and Norway's Oslo Exchange Benchmark Index_GI gained 0.6%. Shares in Iceland increased, with the OMX Iceland All-Share PI Equity Index increasing 0.5%.

Elsewhere in Europe, indexes rose, with the STOXX Europe 600 Index increasing 0.6% and the FTSE 100 Index gaining 0.3% from the previous close.

In commodities news, Brent crude oil futures were down 0.8%, while gold futures were up 1.3%. Bitcoin slipped 3.1% to $81,848.

On the currency front, the WSJ Dollar Index was flat at 98.94.

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

Against the U.S. dollar, the Icelandic krona was up 0.6%, the Swedish krona was up 0.5%, the Danish krone was up 0.2%, the euro was up 0.2%, and the Norwegian krone was flat.

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet

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March 18, 2025 13:06 ET (17:06 GMT)

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