Nordic Stocks Close Up; Solstad Maritime Leads Increases

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Stocks in the Nordic region rose Monday, with the OMX Nordic 40 Index rising 0.3%.

Solstad Maritime ASA was the biggest leader among large stocks during the session, jumping 11.7%, and Nokia Corp. gained 7.3%. International Petroleum Corp. rounded out the top three leaders on Monday, with shares adding 6.6%.

Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA posted the largest decline, declining 4.8%, followed by Tomra Systems ASA shares, which declined 4.2%. Shares of Public Property Invest A/S fell 3.2%.

In Denmark, the OMX Copenhagen 20 Index declined 0.8%, while the OMX Helsinki 25 Index, which tracks Finland's most-traded stocks, gained 1.1%.

Stocks on Sweden's OMX Stockholm 30 Index declined 0.2%, while Norway's Oslo Exchange Benchmark Index_GI gained 0.3%. Shares in Iceland decreased, with the OMX Iceland All-Share PI Equity Index dropping 0.3%.

Elsewhere in Europe, indexes fell, with the STOXX Europe 600 Index declining 0.2% and the FTSE 100 Index falling 0.2% from the previous close.

In commodities news, Brent crude oil futures were up 7.3%, while gold futures were down 1.1%. Bitcoin climbed 1.0% to $71,842.

On the currency front, the WSJ Dollar Index fell 0.2% to 95.78.

Against the euro, the Swedish krona was up 0.8%, the Norwegian krone was up 0.5%, the U.S. dollar was up 0.1%, the Danish krone was flat, and the Icelandic krona was down 0.2%.

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

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet

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April 13, 2026 12:21 ET (16:21 GMT)