European stocks finished lower Tuesday, with the Stoxx Europe 600 index XX:SXXP falling 0.19% to 477.26.
The French CAC 40 index FR:PX1 dropped 0.32% to 7,426.62, the German DAX DX:DAX declined 0.17% to 16,688.36 and the FTSE 100 index UK:UKX dropped 0.13% to 7,683.96.
Among Stoxx Europe 600 constituents, health care/life sciences company Grifols S.A. ES:GRF saw the largest drop Tuesday, as shares cratered 25.9%
Shares of health care/life sciences firms Orpea S.A. FR:ORP MorphoSys AG XE:MOR weakened 8.8% and 8.5%, respectively.
Viaplay Group AB Series B SE:VPLAY, a media/entertainment company, and business services company Hays PLC UK:HAS rounded out the top five largest decreases as their stocks dropped 8.1% and 7.2%, respectively.
Alstom S.A. FR:ALO, a road/rail transport company, saw the largest increase of the Stoxx Europe 600 constituents, as shares added 5.5% on Tuesday.
Shares of firm Thule Group AB SE:THULE and health care/life sciences company Ambu A/S Series B DK:AMBU gained 4.2% and 4.2%, respectively.
Kion Group AG XE:KGX, a retail/wholesale company, and industrial goods company Signify N.V. NL:LIGHT rounded out the top five largest increases as their stocks rose 3.3% and 2.7%, respectively.
The pound GBPUSD was down 0.23% against the dollar, and the euro EURUSD was down 0.16%. Brent crude UK:BRN00 added 2.36% to $77.92.
The yield on the 10-year gilt BX:TMBMKGB-10Y increased 1.06 basis points to 3.782%, and the yield on the German 10-year bund BX:TMBMKDE-10Y increased 5.220 basis points to 2.19%.
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