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Nordic stocks declined Wednesday, with the OMX Nordic 40 Index declining 0.6%.

Norway-listed Bakkafrost P/F posted the largest decline among large stocks during the session, plunging 16.1%, followed by Sweden-listed Bakkafrost P/F shares, which tumbled 14.1%. Shares of Svenska Handelsbanken Series A declined 9.1%.

Alm. Brand A/S was the biggest leader, increasing 4.9%, and Norbit ASA increased 3.5%. Elkem ASA rounded out the top three leaders on Wednesday, with shares adding 3.4%.

In Denmark, the OMX Copenhagen 20 Index gained 0.1%, while the OMX Helsinki 25 Index, which tracks Finland's most-traded stocks, declined 0.4%.

Stocks on Sweden's OMX Stockholm 30 Index fell 0.8%, while Norway's Oslo Exchange Benchmark Index_GI dropped 0.9%. Shares in Iceland decreased, with the OMX Iceland All-Share PI Equity Index falling 0.5%.

Elsewhere in Europe, indexes fell, with the STOXX Europe 600 Index falling 0.6% and the FTSE 100 Index dropping 0.1% from the previous close.

In commodities news, Brent crude oil futures were down 0.8%, while gold futures were up 0.4%. Bitcoin was up 2.1% to $118,829.

On the currency front, the WSJ Dollar Index fell 0.2% to 95.43.

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

Against the U.S. dollar, the Icelandic krona was up 0.6%, the euro was up 0.3%, the Danish krone was up 0.3%, the Swedish krona was flat, and the Norwegian krone was flat.

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet

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July 16, 2025 12:06 ET (16:06 GMT)

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