Nordic Shares Close Down; Hampidjan Falls Furthest

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Stocks in the Nordic region declined Thursday, with the OMX Nordic 40 Index declining 0.1%.

Hampidjan hf. posted the largest decline among large stocks during the session, declining 8.0%, followed by Lundin Mining Corp. shares, which declined 5.8%. Shares of Solstad Maritime ASA fell 5.7%.

Torm PLC was the biggest leader, rising 6.2%, and Sweden-listed Hoegh Autoliners ASA gained 5.9%. Norway-listed Hoegh Autoliners ASA rounded out the top three leaders on Thursday, with shares gaining 5.0%.

In Denmark, the OMX Copenhagen 20 Index increased 0.2%, while the OMX Helsinki 25 Index, which tracks Finland's most-traded stocks, fell 0.8%.

Stocks on Sweden's OMX Stockholm 30 Index gained 0.3%, while Norway's Oslo Exchange Benchmark Index_GI fell 0.4%. Shares in Iceland decreased, with the OMX Iceland All-Share PI Equity Index falling 0.4%.

Elsewhere in Europe, indexes were mixed, with the STOXX Europe 600 Index steady and the FTSE 100 Index gaining 0.4% from the previous close.

In commodities news, Brent crude oil futures were up 1.7%, while gold futures were down 0.6%. Bitcoin slipped 3.3% to $66,903.

On the currency front, the WSJ Dollar Index gained 0.1% to 94.80.

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

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

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet

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February 26, 2026 12:21 ET (17:21 GMT)