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Stocks in the Nordic region fell Thursday, with the OMX Nordic 40 Index declining 3.1%.
Boliden AB posted the largest decline among large stocks during the session, falling 8.6%, followed by Lundin Gold Inc. shares, which fell 8.4%. Shares of Elkem ASA declined 8.2%.
Var Energi ASA was the biggest leader, surging 12.7%, and Equinor ASA surged 11.0%. Aker Solutions ASA rounded out the top three leaders on Thursday, with shares adding 9.0%.
In Denmark, the OMX Copenhagen 20 Index dropped 2.2%, and the OMX Helsinki 25 Index, which tracks Finland's most-traded stocks, fell 2.5%.
Stocks on Sweden's OMX Stockholm 30 Index fell 3.5%, while Norway's Oslo Exchange Benchmark Index_GI gained 0.6%. Shares in Iceland decreased, with the OMX Iceland All-Share PI Equity Index declining 2.1%.
Elsewhere in Europe, indexes fell, with the STOXX Europe 600 Index falling 2.4% and the FTSE 100 Index falling 2.3% from the previous close.
In commodities news, Brent crude oil futures were up 2.1%, while gold futures were down 6.2%. Bitcoin was down 2.4% to $69,328.
On the currency front, the WSJ Dollar Index declined 0.6% to 96.21.
Against the euro, the Norwegian krone was up 0.2%, the Swedish krona was up 0.1%, the Danish krone was flat, the Icelandic krona was down 0.4%, and the U.S. dollar was down 0.8%.
Against the U.S. dollar, the Norwegian krone was up 0.9%, the Swedish krona was up 0.9%, the Danish krone was up 0.8%, the euro was up 0.8%, and the Icelandic krona was up 0.4%.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet
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March 19, 2026 13:06 ET (17:06 GMT)
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