Nordic Shares Moved Upward Friday; Marel Led Increases
November 24 2023 - 1:04PM
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Nordic stocks increased Friday, with the OMX Nordic 40 Index
rising 0.5%.
Marel hf. was the biggest leader during the session, jumping
19.7%, and Alm. Brand A/S gained 5.5%. Brim hf. rounded out the top
three leaders on Friday, with shares rising 5.4%.
Bravida Holding AB posted the largest decline, dropping 5.8%,
followed by BlueNord ASA shares, which dropped 5.2%. Shares of
Vitrolife AB dropped 4.7%.
In Denmark, the OMX Copenhagen 20 Index increased 0.7%, and the
OMX Helsinki 25 Index, which tracks Finland's most-traded stocks,
increased 0.1%.
Stocks on Sweden's OMX Stockholm 30 Index rose 0.1%, and
Norway's Oslo Exchange Benchmark Index_GI gained 0.7%. Shares in
Iceland increased, with the OMX Iceland All-Share PI Equity Index
adding 5.4%.
Elsewhere in Europe, indexes rose, with the STOXX Europe 600
Index gaining 0.3% and the FTSE 100 Index rising 0.1% from the
previous close.
Stock indexes in Asia were mixed, with Japan's NIKKEI 225 Index
up 0.5% and China's Shanghai Composite Index down 0.7%.
In commodities news, Brent crude oil futures were unchanged, and
gold futures were up 0.4%. Bitcoin climbed 0.5% to $37,448.
On the currency front, the WSJ Dollar Index dropped 0.2% to
98.16.
Against the euro, the Icelandic krona was up 1.6%, the Norwegian
krone was up 0.4%, the Swedish krona was up 0.1%, the Danish krone
was flat, and the U.S. dollar was down 0.2%.
Against the U.S. dollar, the Icelandic krona was up 1.8%, the
Norwegian krone was up 0.4%, the Swedish krona was up 0.3%, the
Danish krone was up 0.3%, and the euro was up 0.2%.
-This article was automatically generated by MarketWatch using
technology from Automated Insights. Data source: Dow Jones Market
Data, FactSet.
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