European stocks finished flat Wednesday, with the Stoxx Europe 600 index
SXXP,
+0.47%
closing at 485.67.
The French CAC 40 index
PX1,
+0.47%
dropped 0.27% to 7,656.75, the German DAX
DAX,
+0.67%
weakened 0.40% to 16,903.76 and the FTSE 100 index
UKX,
+0.42%
declined 0.47% to 7,630.57.
Of the Stoxx Europe 600 constituents, real estate/construction company Beijer Ref AB Series B
BEIJ.B,
-0.44%
saw the largest increase Wednesday, as shares surged 11.9%.
Shares of real estate firm TAG Immobilien AG
TEG,
+1.99%
and company SEB S.A.
SK,
+0.54%
gained 6.3% and 6.2%, respectively.
Sartorius Stedim Biotech S.A.
DIM,
+0.08%,
a health care/life sciences company, and telephone systems firm Tele2 AB Series B
TEL2.B,
+1.34%
rounded out the top five largest increases as their stocks added 5.2% and 5.0%, respectively.
Shares of retail company H&M Hennes & Mauritz AB Series B
HM.B,
+0.79%
saw the largest decrease among Stoxx Europe 600 constituents, as shares tumbled 12.4% on Wednesday.
Shares of business/consumer services firm Atos SE
ATO,
+2.78%
and technology company ams-OSRAM AG
AMS,
+3.15%
declined 9.9% and 4.9%, respectively.
Corbion N.V.
CRBN,
+6.86%,
a company, and retail business HelloFresh SE
HFG,
+2.36%
rounded out the top five largest decreases as their stocks weakened 4.7% and 4.0%, respectively.
The pound
GBPUSD,
+0.09%
was up 0.24% against the dollar, and the euro
EURUSD,
+0.17%
was up 0.09%. Brent crude
BRN00,
+0.60%
dropped 2.29% to $80.61.
The yield on the 10-year gilt
TMBMKGB-10Y,
3.810%
declined 10.29 basis points to 3.801%, and the yield on the German 10-year bund
TMBMKDE-10Y,
2.173%
fell 9.980 basis points to 2.17%.
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