Stocks in the Nordic region rose Monday, with the OMX Nordic 40 Index rising 0.3%.
Invisio AB was the biggest leader among large stocks during the session, adding 8.3%, and Alleima AB gained 4.4%. ISS A/S rounded out the top three leaders on Monday, with shares increasing 4.1%.
Scatec ASA posted the largest decline, falling 6.7%, followed by BioArctic AB Series B shares, which fell 5.3%. Shares of Electrolux AB Series A declined 5.2%.
In Denmark, the OMX Copenhagen 20 Index increased 0.1%, while the OMX Helsinki 25 Index, which tracks Finland's most-traded stocks, dropped 0.6%.
Stocks on Sweden's OMX Stockholm 30 Index increased 0.7%, while Norway's Oslo Exchange Benchmark Index_GI dropped 1.0%. Shares in Iceland increased, with the OMX Iceland All-Share PI Equity Index gaining 1.0%.
Elsewhere in Europe, indexes were mixed, with the STOXX Europe 600 Index gaining 0.1% and the FTSE 100 Index declining 0.4% from the previous close.
Stock indexes in Asia were mixed, with Japan's NIKKEI 225 Index down 0.7% and China's Shanghai Composite Index up 1.3%.
In commodities news, Brent crude oil futures were down 1.4%, and gold futures were down 0.3%. Bitcoin was unchanged at $64,189.
On the currency front, the WSJ Dollar Index increased 0.2% to 100.35.
Against the euro, the Icelandic krona was up 0.1%, the U.S. dollar was flat, the Swedish krona was flat, the Danish krone was flat, and the Norwegian krone was down 0.4%.
Against the U.S. dollar, the Icelandic krona was up 0.1%, the Swedish krona was flat, the Danish krone was flat, the euro was flat, and the Norwegian krone was down 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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