Nordic Shares Rise; Clas Ohlson Series B Leads Increases

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Stocks in the Nordic region increased Wednesday, with the OMX Nordic 40 Index rising 2.5%.

Clas Ohlson AB Series B was the biggest leader among large stocks during the session, adding 6.7%, and Nordic Semiconductor ASA increased 6.7%. Per Aarsleff Holding A/S Series B rounded out the top three leaders on Wednesday, with shares adding 6.6%.

Meren Energy Inc. posted the largest decline, declining 4.3%, followed by International Petroleum Corp. shares, which fell 3.5%. Shares of Var Energi ASA dropped 3.0%.

In Denmark, the OMX Copenhagen 20 Index gained 3.1%, and the OMX Helsinki 25 Index, which tracks Finland's most-traded stocks, gained 1.4%.

Stocks on Sweden's OMX Stockholm 30 Index gained 1.1%, and Norway's Oslo Exchange Benchmark Index_GI gained 1.1%. Shares in Iceland increased, with the OMX Iceland All-Share PI Equity Index rising 1.7%.

Elsewhere in Europe, indexes rose, with the STOXX Europe 600 Index increasing 1.4% and the FTSE 100 Index gaining 0.8% from the previous close.

In commodities news, Brent crude oil futures were down 0.5%, while gold futures were up 0.7%. Bitcoin rose 7.7% to $73,454.

On the currency front, the WSJ Dollar Index declined 0.3% to 95.55.

Against the euro, the Swedish krona was up 0.8%, the Norwegian krone was up 0.2%, the Danish krone was flat, the U.S. dollar was down 0.3%, and the Icelandic krona was down 0.4%.

Against the U.S. dollar, the Swedish krona was up 1.1%, the Norwegian krone was up 0.5%, the euro was up 0.3%, the Danish krone was up 0.2%, and the Icelandic krona was down 0.2%.

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet

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March 04, 2026 12:21 ET (17:21 GMT)