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Stocks in the Nordic region dropped Friday, with the OMX Nordic 40 Index declining 0.6%.

Yara International ASA posted the largest decline among large stocks during the session, dropping 7.1%, followed by Schibsted ASA shares, which fell 6.6%. Shares of Schibsted ASA Series B fell 6.3%.

Afry AB was the biggest leader, surging 10.3%, and Danske Bank A/S rose 7.8%. Sweco AB Series B rounded out the top three leaders on Friday, with shares rising 7.0%.

In Denmark, the OMX Copenhagen 20 Index dropped 0.5%, and the OMX Helsinki 25 Index, which tracks Finland's most-traded stocks, fell 0.3%.

Stocks on Sweden's OMX Stockholm 30 Index dropped 1.0%, while Norway's Oslo Exchange Benchmark Index_GI declined 0.9%. Shares in Iceland increased, with the OMX Iceland All-Share PI Equity Index gaining 0.7%.

Elsewhere in Europe, indexes fell, with the STOXX Europe 600 Index dropping 0.4% and the FTSE 100 Index declining 0.3% from the previous close.

In commodities news, Brent crude oil futures were up 0.1%, and gold futures were up 0.4%. Bitcoin climbed 1.0% to $97,873.

On the currency front, the WSJ Dollar Index rose 0.3% to 102.07.

Against the euro, the U.S. dollar was up 0.6%, the Icelandic krona was up 0.2%, the Swedish krona was up 0.1%, the Norwegian krone was up 0.1%, and the Danish krone was flat.

Against the U.S. dollar, the Icelandic krona was down 0.4%, the Swedish krona was down 0.5%, the Norwegian krone was down 0.5%, the Danish krone was down 0.6%, and the euro was down 0.6%.

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet

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February 07, 2025 12:05 ET (17:05 GMT)

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