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Nordic stocks dropped Friday, with the OMX Nordic 40 Index declining 0.3%.

Betsson AB Series B posted the largest decline among large stocks during the session, tumbling 16.0%, followed by Electrolux AB Series B shares, which tumbled 14.3%. Shares of Billerud AB tumbled 13.8%.

Saab AB Series B was the biggest leader, surging 16.4%, and Vestas Wind Systems A/S jumped 15.0%. Dynavox Group AB rounded out the top three leaders on Friday, with shares jumping 11.0%.

In Denmark, the OMX Copenhagen 20 Index dropped 0.5%, while the OMX Helsinki 25 Index, which tracks Finland's most-traded stocks, gained 0.2%.

Stocks on Sweden's OMX Stockholm 30 Index fell 0.3%, while Norway's Oslo Exchange Benchmark Index_GI rose 0.4%. Shares in Iceland increased, with the OMX Iceland All-Share PI Equity Index rising 0.1%.

Elsewhere in Europe, indexes were mixed, with the STOXX Europe 600 Index steady and the FTSE 100 Index gaining 0.2% from the previous close.

In commodities news, Brent crude oil futures were up 0.3%, and gold futures were up 0.5%. Bitcoin slipped 0.9% to $117,951.

On the currency front, the WSJ Dollar Index fell 0.3% to 95.42.

Against the euro, the Norwegian krone was up 0.9%, the Swedish krona was up 0.6%, the Danish krone was flat, the Icelandic krona was down 0.4%, and the U.S. dollar was down 0.4%.

Against the U.S. dollar, the Norwegian krone was up 1.3%, the Swedish krona was up 1.0%, the euro was up 0.4%, the Danish krone was up 0.4%, and the Icelandic krona was flat.

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet

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July 18, 2025 12:06 ET (16:06 GMT)

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