European stocks climbed Friday, as the Stoxx Europe 600 index
SXXP,
+0.56%
finished up 1.11% to 483.84.
The French CAC 40 index
PX1,
+0.57%
gained 2.28% to 7,634.14, the FTSE 100 index
UKX,
+0.54%
rose 1.40% to 7,635.09 and the German DAX
DAX,
+0.80%
rose 0.32% to 16,961.39.
Of the Stoxx Europe 600 constituents, media/entertainment company Viaplay Group AB Series B
VPLAY.B,
-2.22%
saw the largest increase Friday, as shares surged 19.2%.
Shares of firm Remy Cointreau S.A.
RCO,
+1.88%
and health care/life sciences company Lonza Group AG
LONN,
+3.51%
surged 15.2% and 14.4%, respectively.
MorphoSys AG
MOR,
+7.36%,
a health care/life sciences company, and company LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE
MC,
+1.04%
rounded out the top five largest increases as their stocks jumped 13.8% and 12.8%, respectively.
Shares of company RWE AG
RWE,
-0.36%
saw the largest drop among Stoxx Europe 600 constituents, as shares weakened 6.0% on Friday.
Shares of investing/securities firm Worldline S.A.
WLN,
+2.09%
and industrial goods company Signify N.V.
LIGHT,
+0.93%
fell 5.2% and 5.2%, respectively.
Centrica PLC
CNA,
-0.11%,
a company, and technology business BE Semiconductor Industries N.V.
BESI,
+0.64%
rounded out the top five largest decreases as their stocks declined 4.6% and 4.1%, respectively.
The pound
GBPUSD,
+0.16%
was up 0.06% against the dollar, and the euro
EURUSD,
+0.23%
was up 0.17%. Brent crude
BRN00,
+0.50%
declined 1.09% to $81.07.
The yield on the 10-year gilt
TMBMKGB-10Y,
3.815%
fell 1.95 basis points to 3.972%, and the yield on the German 10-year bund
TMBMKDE-10Y,
2.179%
increased 0.990 basis points to 2.30%.
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