European stocks finished lower Tuesday, with the Stoxx Europe 600 index XX:SXXP decreasing 0.24% to 473.06.
The FTSE 100 index UK:UKX dropped 0.48% to 7,558.34, the German DAX DX:DAX fell 0.30% to 16,571.68 and the French CAC 40 index FR:PX1 fell 0.18% to 7,398.00.
Among Stoxx Europe 600 constituents, health care/life sciences company Evotec SE XE:EVT saw the largest drop Tuesday, as shares dropped 8.3%
Shares of road/rail transport firm Stadler Rail AG CH:SRAIL and company NEL ASA NO:NEL declined 7.8% and 7.4%, respectively.
Ubisoft Entertainment S.A. FR:UBI, a company, and health care/life sciences firm Idorsia Ltd. CH:IDIA rounded out the top five largest decreases as their stocks weakened 7.3% and 7.2%, respectively.
Viaplay Group AB Series B SE:VPLAY, a media/entertainment company, saw the largest increase of the Stoxx Europe 600 constituents, as shares rocketed 173.4% on Tuesday.
Shares of health care/life sciences firm MorphoSys AG XE:MOR and retail company THG PLC UK:THG surged 12.7% and 10.4%, respectively.
Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Spruengli AG CH:LISN, a company, and health care/life sciences company Orion Oyj Series B FI:ORNBV rounded out the top five largest increases as their stocks added 6.6% and 4.9%, respectively.
The pound GBPUSD was down 0.57% against the dollar, and the euro EURUSD was down 0.63%. Brent crude UK:BRN00 added 0.79% to $78.77.
The yield on the 10-year gilt BX:TMBMKGB-10Y fell 0.25 basis points to 3.801%, and the yield on the German 10-year bund BX:TMBMKDE-10Y increased 2.310 basis points to 2.26%.
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