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Stocks in the Nordic region fell Friday, with the OMX Nordic 40 Index declining 1.5%.
CMB.TECH N.V. posted the largest decline among large stocks during the session, falling 6.4%, followed by A.P. Moeller-Maersk A/S Series B shares, which declined 6.3%. Shares of Islandsbanki Hf. dropped 6.2%.
Nibe Industrier AB Series B was the biggest leader, adding 6.4%, and GN Store Nord A/S gained 5.0%. Protector Forsikring ASA rounded out the top three leaders on Friday, with shares increasing 4.9%.
In Denmark, the OMX Copenhagen 20 Index dropped 0.9%, and the OMX Helsinki 25 Index, which tracks Finland's most-traded stocks, declined 1.4%.
Stocks on Sweden's OMX Stockholm 30 Index fell 1.5%, while Norway's Oslo Exchange Benchmark Index_GI fell 1.6%. Shares in Iceland decreased, with the OMX Iceland All-Share PI Equity Index falling 1.9%.
Elsewhere in Europe, indexes fell, with the STOXX Europe 600 Index declining 1.8% and the FTSE 100 Index declining 1.4% from the previous close.
In commodities news, Brent crude oil futures were up 1.0%, while gold futures were down 0.4%. Bitcoin was down 0.5% to $69,932.
On the currency front, the WSJ Dollar Index gained 0.4% to 96.32.
Against the euro, the U.S. dollar was up 0.3%, the Danish krone was flat, the Icelandic krona was flat, the Swedish krona was down 0.4%, and the Norwegian krone was down 0.6%.
Against the U.S. dollar, the euro was down 0.3%, the Icelandic krona was down 0.3%, the Danish krone was down 0.3%, the Swedish krona was down 0.7%, and the Norwegian krone was down 0.9%.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet
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March 20, 2026 13:06 ET (17:06 GMT)
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