European stocks finished down Wednesday, with the Stoxx Europe 600 index
SXXP,
+0.47%
dropping 1.13% to 467.71.
The FTSE 100 index
UKX,
+0.43%
dropped 1.48% to 7,446.29, the French CAC 40 index
PX1,
+0.47%
dropped 1.07% to 7,318.69 and the German DAX
DAX,
+0.67%
fell 0.84% to 16,431.69.
Of the Stoxx Europe 600 constituents, media/entertainment company Viaplay Group AB Series B
VPLAY.B,
-1.22%
saw the largest drop Wednesday, as shares fell 8.6%
Shares of automotive firm Forvia SE
FRVIA,
+2.42%
and retail company Ocado Group PLC
OCDO,
+1.43%
fell 6.9% and 6.2%, respectively.
Kone Oyj B
KNEBV,
+0.39%,
a machinery company, and business Ubisoft Entertainment S.A.
UBI,
+0.30%
rounded out the top five largest decreases as their stocks dropped 5.9% and 5.7%, respectively.
MorphoSys AG
MOR,
+7.73%,
a health care/life sciences company, saw the largest increase of the Stoxx Europe 600 constituents, as shares gained 7.8% on Wednesday.
Shares of business/consumer services firm Atos SE
ATO,
+2.53%
and industrial goods company IMI PLC
IMI,
+0.53%
increased 5.0% and 3.7%, respectively.
BE Semiconductor Industries N.V.
BESI,
+0.57%,
a technology company, and telephone systems company Proximus
PROX,
+0.46%
rounded out the top five largest increases as their stocks gained 3.6% and 3.2%, respectively.
The pound
GBPUSD,
+0.11%
was up 0.22% against the dollar, and the euro
EURUSD,
+0.19%
was down 0.17%. Brent crude
BRN00,
+0.62%
declined 1.32% to $77.26.
The yield on the 10-year gilt
TMBMKGB-10Y,
3.806%
rose 18.51 basis points to 3.986%, and the yield on the German 10-year bund
TMBMKDE-10Y,
2.173%
increased 5.660 basis points to 2.32%.
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