European stocks finished down Friday, with the Stoxx Europe 600 index
SXXP,
+0.46%
falling 0.26% to 469.24.
The French CAC 40 index
PX1,
+0.47%
fell 0.40% to 7,371.64, the German DAX
DAX,
+0.68%
was flat at 16,555.13 and the FTSE 100 index
UKX,
+0.42%
was flat at 7,461.93.
Of the Stoxx Europe 600 constituents, media/entertainment company Viaplay Group AB Series B
VPLAY.B,
-1.22%
saw the largest drop Friday, as shares plunged 16.7%
Shares of health care/life sciences firm MorphoSys AG
MOR,
+7.83%
and company Corbion N.V.
CRBN,
+6.63%
plunged 11.7% and 10.4%, respectively.
Atos SE
ATO,
+2.68%,
a business/consumer services company, and health care/life sciences business Idorsia Ltd.
IDIA,
+3.61%
rounded out the top five largest decreases as their stocks declined 7.7% and 7.4%, respectively.
Teleperformance SE
TEP,
+2.46%,
a business services company, saw the largest increase of the Stoxx Europe 600 constituents, as shares increased 8.6% on Friday.
Shares of agriculture firm Mowi ASA
MOWI,
+0.56%
and technology company ams-OSRAM AG
AMS,
+3.10%
increased 3.7% and 3.3%, respectively.
EQT AB
EQT,
-0.39%,
an investing/securities company, and technology company Allegro.eu S.A.
ALE,
+0.79%
rounded out the top five largest increases as their stocks added 3.1% and 3.0%, respectively.
The pound
GBPUSD,
+0.11%
was down 0.25% against the dollar, and the euro
EURUSD,
+0.16%
was up 0.12%. Brent crude
BRN00,
+0.61%
declined 0.57% to $78.65.
The yield on the 10-year gilt
TMBMKGB-10Y,
3.806%
declined 0.31 basis points to 3.934%, and the yield on the German 10-year bund
TMBMKDE-10Y,
2.172%
declined 0.420 basis points to 2.35%.
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