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Stocks in the Nordic region dropped Friday, with the OMX Nordic 40 Index declining 0.7%.

Hemnet Group AB posted the largest decline among large stocks during the session, dropping 6.7%, followed by Hacksaw AB shares, which fell 6.0%. Shares of Carlsberg A/S Series A declined 4.6%.

Icelandic Salmon A/S was the biggest leader, adding 7.3%, and CMB.TECH N.V. gained 7.2%. SoftwareONE Holding AG rounded out the top three leaders on Friday, with shares rising 5.3%.

In Denmark, the OMX Copenhagen 20 Index fell 0.7%, and the OMX Helsinki 25 Index, which tracks Finland's most-traded stocks, fell 0.3%.

Stocks on Sweden's OMX Stockholm 30 Index fell 0.7%, while Norway's Oslo Exchange Benchmark Index_GI increased 0.6%. Shares in Iceland decreased, with the OMX Iceland All-Share PI Equity Index declining 0.1%.

Elsewhere in Europe, indexes fell, with the STOXX Europe 600 Index falling 0.6% and the FTSE 100 Index dropping 0.3% from the previous close.

In commodities news, Brent crude oil futures were down 0.4%, while gold futures were up 1.1%. Bitcoin was down 3.3% to $108,253.

On the currency front, the WSJ Dollar Index was flat at 95.03.

Against the euro, the Swedish krona was flat, the Norwegian krone was flat, the Danish krone was flat, the U.S. dollar was down 0.1%, and the Icelandic krona was down 0.2%.

Against the U.S. dollar, the Swedish krona was up 0.2%, the Norwegian krone was up 0.1%, the Danish krone was up 0.1%, the euro was up 0.1%, and the Icelandic krona was flat.

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet

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August 29, 2025 12:05 ET (16:05 GMT)

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