Stocks in the Nordic region increased Friday, with the OMX Nordic 40 Index rising 0.8%.
Kongsberg Gruppen ASA was the biggest leader among large stocks during the session, jumping 10.5%, and Coloplast A/S Series B increased 9.7%. Electrolux AB Series A rounded out the top three leaders on Friday, with shares adding 8.5%.
Sweco AB Series B posted the largest decline, plunging 13.7%, followed by Sweco AB Series A shares, which tumbled 12.4%. Shares of Medicover AB Series B tumbled 10.7%.
In Denmark, the OMX Copenhagen 20 Index increased 1.7%, while the OMX Helsinki 25 Index, which tracks Finland's most-traded stocks, dropped 0.6%.
Stocks on Sweden's OMX Stockholm 30 Index declined 0.3%, while Norway's Oslo Exchange Benchmark Index_GI rose 0.3%. Shares in Iceland increased, with the OMX Iceland All-Share PI Equity Index rising 1.5%.
Elsewhere in Europe, indexes fell, with the STOXX Europe 600 Index dropping 0.1% and the FTSE 100 Index dropping 0.3% from the previous close.
In Asia, Japan's NIKKEI 225 Index was up 0.1%, while China's Shanghai Stock Exchange was closed.
In commodities news, Brent crude oil futures were up 0.4%, while gold futures were down 0.5%. Bitcoin climbed 4.5% to $47,577.
On the currency front, the WSJ Dollar Index held steady at 98.49.
Against the euro, the Norwegian krone was up 0.5%, the Icelandic krona was up 0.3%, the Swedish krona was up 0.1%, the Danish krone was flat, and the U.S. dollar was flat.
Against the U.S. dollar, the Norwegian krone was up 0.6%, the Icelandic krona was up 0.3%, the Swedish krona was up 0.1%, the Danish krone was flat, and the euro was flat.
-This article was automatically generated by MarketWatch using technology from Automated Insights. Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet.
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