Nordic stocks dropped Friday, with the OMX Nordic 40 Index declining 0.3%.
Bravida Holding AB posted the largest decline among large stocks during the session, plunging 12.5%, followed by Yubico AB shares, which declined 5.7%. Shares of Nordnet AB declined 5.1%.
Neste Oyj was the biggest leader, increasing 6.7%, and Marel hf. gained 4.5%. Borregaard ASA rounded out the top three leaders on Friday, with shares adding 4.3%.
In Denmark, the OMX Copenhagen 20 Index gained 0.2%, while the OMX Helsinki 25 Index, which tracks Finland's most-traded stocks, dropped 0.1%.
Stocks on Sweden's OMX Stockholm 30 Index fell 0.7%, while Norway's Oslo Exchange Benchmark Index_GI rose 0.1%. Shares in Iceland increased, with the OMX Iceland All-Share PI Equity Index gaining 1.9%.
Elsewhere in Europe, indexes fell, with the STOXX Europe 600 Index falling 0.8% and the FTSE 100 Index falling 0.8% from the previous close.
In Asia, Japan's NIKKEI 225 Index was down 2.0%, while China's Shanghai Stock Exchange was closed.
In commodities news, Brent crude oil futures were up 1.0%, and gold futures were up 1.5%. Bitcoin was down 0.6% to $68,005.
On the currency front, the WSJ Dollar Index increased 0.1% to 98.90.
Against the euro, the Icelandic krona was up 0.1%, the Swedish krona was up 0.1%, the Norwegian krone was up 0.1%, the U.S. dollar was flat, and the Danish krone was flat.
Against the U.S. dollar, the Icelandic krona was up 0.1%, the Swedish krona was up 0.1%, the Norwegian krone was up 0.1%, the euro was flat, and the Danish krone 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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