Nordic Stocks Moved Upward Wednesday; Electrolux Series a Climbed Highest
January 24 2024 - 1:08PM
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Stocks in the Nordic region gained Wednesday, with the OMX
Nordic 40 Index rising 0.6%.
Electrolux AB Series A was the biggest leader during the
session, rising 6.9%, and Munters Group AB increased 6.8%. Kinnevik
AB Series A rounded out the top three leaders on Wednesday, with
shares adding 6.6%.
Telefon AB L.M. Ericsson Series A posted the largest decline,
falling 6.1%, followed by Telefon AB L.M. Ericsson Series B shares,
which fell 5.1%.
In Denmark, the OMX Copenhagen 20 Index rose 0.3%, and the OMX
Helsinki 25 Index, which tracks Finland's most-traded stocks, rose
0.9%.
Stocks on Sweden's OMX Stockholm 30 Index rose 0.6%, and
Norway's Oslo Exchange Benchmark Index_GI gained 0.1%. Shares in
Iceland increased, with the OMX Iceland All-Share PI Equity Index
adding 0.1%.
Elsewhere in Europe, indexes rose, with the STOXX Europe 600
Index increasing 1.2% and the FTSE 100 Index increasing 0.6% from
the previous close.
Stock indexes in Asia were mixed, with Japan's NIKKEI 225 Index
down 0.8% and China's Shanghai Composite Index up 1.8%.
In commodities news, Brent crude oil futures were up 1.0%, while
gold futures were down 0.4%. Bitcoin climbed 2.2% to $40,109.
On the currency front, the WSJ Dollar Index declined 0.4% to
97.63.
Against the euro, the Icelandic krona was up 0.3%, the Swedish
krona was up 0.3%, the Norwegian krone was up 0.2%, the Danish
krone was flat, and the U.S. dollar was down 0.4%.
Against the U.S. dollar, the Swedish krona was up 0.7%, the
Icelandic krona was up 0.7%, the Norwegian krone was up 0.7%, the
euro was up 0.4%, and the Danish krone was up 0.4%.
-This article was automatically generated by MarketWatch using
technology from Automated Insights. Data source: Dow Jones Market
Data, FactSet.
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