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Nordic stocks rose Wednesday, with the OMX Nordic 40 Index rising 1.7%.

Modern Times Group MTG AB Cl B was the biggest leader among large stocks during the session, gaining 9.5%, and Tomra Systems ASA rose 8.7%. DSV A/S rounded out the top three leaders on Wednesday, with shares adding 7.9%.

Evolution Gaming Group AB posted the largest decline, plunging 19.3%, followed by Elkem ASA shares, which fell 7.6%. Shares of Yara International ASA dropped 4.2%.

In Denmark, the OMX Copenhagen 20 Index increased 2.5%, and the OMX Helsinki 25 Index, which tracks Finland's most-traded stocks, gained 1.7%.

Stocks on Sweden's OMX Stockholm 30 Index gained 0.9%, and Norway's Oslo Exchange Benchmark Index_GI rose 1.0%. Shares in Iceland decreased, with the OMX Iceland All-Share PI Equity Index dropping 1.2%.

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

In commodities news, Brent crude oil futures were down 3.6%, and gold futures were down 0.6%. Bitcoin fell 1.5% to $93,930.

On the currency front, the WSJ Dollar Index increased 0.1% to 96.10.

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

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

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet

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April 30, 2025 12:06 ET (16:06 GMT)

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