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Nordic stocks fell Wednesday, with the OMX Nordic 40 Index declining 0.8%.

EQT AB posted the largest decline among large stocks during the session, dropping 4.7%, followed by Zealand Pharma A/S shares, which dropped 4.6%. Shares of BioArctic AB Series B fell 4.5%.

Amaroq Minerals Ltd. DR was the biggest leader, surging 13.7%, and Autoliv Inc. SDR increased 7.7%. Modern Times Group MTG AB Cl A rounded out the top three leaders on Wednesday, with shares adding 7.0%.

In Denmark, the OMX Copenhagen 20 Index declined 1.0%, while the OMX Helsinki 25 Index, which tracks Finland's most-traded stocks, rose 0.2%.

Stocks on Sweden's OMX Stockholm 30 Index dropped 0.8%, while Norway's Oslo Exchange Benchmark Index_GI was flat at 1,447.47. Shares in Iceland increased, with the OMX Iceland All-Share PI Equity Index increasing 0.1%.

Elsewhere in Europe, indexes were mixed, with the STOXX Europe 600 Index declining 0.2% and the FTSE 100 Index gaining 0.3% from the previous close.

In commodities news, Brent crude oil futures were up 1.8%, and gold futures were up 3.1%. Bitcoin rose 1.2% to $84,989.

On the currency front, the WSJ Dollar Index dropped 0.6% to 96.23.

Against the euro, the Swedish krona was up 0.4%, the Icelandic krona was up 0.2%, the Danish krone was flat, the Norwegian krone was down 0.1%, and the U.S. dollar was down 0.9%.

Against the U.S. dollar, the Swedish krona was up 1.3%, the Icelandic krona was up 1.0%, the euro was up 0.9%, the Danish krone was up 0.9%, and the Norwegian krone was up 0.8%.

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet

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

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