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Nordic stocks rose Friday, with the OMX Nordic 40 Index rising 1.7%.

Novo Nordisk A/S was the biggest leader among large stocks during the session, gaining 5.8%, and DNO ASA gained 5.4%. Carlsberg A/S Series A rounded out the top three leaders on Friday, with shares gaining 4.1%.

Elekta AB Series B posted the largest decline, falling 8.7%, followed by Zealand Pharma A/S shares, which fell 5.3%. Shares of BioArctic AB Series B declined 5.2%.

In Denmark, the OMX Copenhagen 20 Index gained 3.4%, and the OMX Helsinki 25 Index, which tracks Finland's most-traded stocks, gained 0.3%.

Stocks on Sweden's OMX Stockholm 30 Index held steady at 2,724.26, while Norway's Oslo Exchange Benchmark Index_GI gained 0.5%. Shares in Iceland increased, with the OMX Iceland All-Share PI Equity Index increasing 0.5%.

Elsewhere in Europe, indexes were mixed, with the STOXX Europe 600 Index rising 0.5% and the FTSE 100 Index flat from the previous close.

In commodities news, Brent crude oil futures were down 1.9%, and gold futures were down 0.2%. Bitcoin was down 0.2% to $98,330.

On the currency front, the WSJ Dollar Index increased 0.2% to 100.76.

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

Against the U.S. dollar, the Swedish krona was down 0.1%, the Norwegian krone was down 0.2%, the Icelandic krona was down 0.3%, the euro was down 0.4%, and the Danish krone was down 0.4%.

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet

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February 21, 2025 12:05 ET (17:05 GMT)

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