Stocks in the Nordic region fell Monday, with the OMX Nordic 40 Index holding steady at 2,307.39.
Electrolux AB Series A posted the largest decline during the session, falling 5.2%, followed by Filo Corp. shares, which dropped 4.2%. Shares of Scatec ASA dropped 3.5%.
DFDS A/S was the biggest leader, adding 5.6%, and D/S Norden A/S increased 5.1%. Autostore Holdings Ltd. rounded out the top three leaders on Monday, with shares rising 4.6%.
In Denmark, the OMX Copenhagen 20 Index declined 0.2%, and the OMX Helsinki 25 Index, which tracks Finland's most-traded stocks, dropped 0.8%.
Sweden's OMX Stockholm 30 Index was flat at 2,203.30, while Norway's Oslo Exchange Benchmark Index_GI fell 0.3%. Shares in Iceland were flat, with the OMX Iceland All-Share PI Equity Index holding steady at 2,057.19.
Elsewhere in Europe, indexes were mixed, with the STOXX Europe 600 Index gaining 0.2% and the FTSE 100 Index dropping 0.2% from the previous close.
Stock indexes in Asia were down, with Japan's NIKKEI 225 Index falling 1.3% and China's Shanghai Composite Index falling 0.3%.
In commodities news, Brent crude oil futures were down 0.9%, and gold futures were down 0.1%. Bitcoin climbed 0.8% to $29,621.
On the currency front, the WSJ Dollar Index rose 0.1% to 97.80.
Against the euro, the Swedish krona was up 0.7%, the Icelandic krona was up 0.4%, the U.S. dollar was up 0.2%, the Danish krone was flat, and the Norwegian krone was flat.
Against the U.S. dollar, the Swedish krona was up 0.4%, the Icelandic krona was up 0.2%, the euro was down 0.2%, the Danish krone was down 0.2%, and the Norwegian krone was down 0.2%.
-This article was automatically generated by MarketWatch using technology from Automated Insights. Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet.
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