European stocks finished up Friday, with the Stoxx Europe 600 index
SXXP,
+0.49%
growing 0.84% to 476.76.
The French CAC 40 index
PX1,
+0.51%
rose 1.05% to 7,465.14, the German DAX
DAX,
+0.69%
rose 0.95% to 16,704.56 and the FTSE 100 index
UKX,
+0.44%
rose 0.64% to 7,624.93.
Among Stoxx Europe 600 constituents, health care/life sciences company Ambu A/S Series B
AMBU.B,
-2.87%
saw the largest increase Friday, as shares gained 7.2%.
Shares of printing/publishing firm Future PLC
FUTR,
+1.12%
and health care/life sciences company GN Store Nord A/S
GN,
+0.77%
added 7.0% and 5.3%, respectively.
Aroundtown S.A.
AT1,
+1.23%,
a real estate company, and technology company ams-OSRAM AG
AMS,
+3.25%
rounded out the top five largest increases as their stocks increased 5.1% and 5.0%, respectively.
Shares of business/consumer services company Atos SE
ATO,
+2.48%
saw the largest drop of the Stoxx Europe 600 constituents, as shares tumbled 14.7% on Friday.
Shares of retail firm Dino Polska S.A.
DNP,
+2.26%
and health care/life sciences company Grifols S.A.
GRF,
+4.12%
plunged 11.8% and 10.4%, respectively.
Jeronimo Martins SGPS S/A
JMT,
+2.62%,
a retail company, and company Burberry Group PLC
BRBY,
+1.01%
rounded out the top five largest decreases as their stocks weakened 7.2% and 5.5%, respectively.
The pound
GBPUSD,
+0.11%
was down 0.14% against the dollar, and the euro
EURUSD,
+0.18%
was down 0.13%. Brent crude
BRN00,
+0.56%
rose 1.36% to $78.46.
The yield on the 10-year gilt
TMBMKGB-10Y,
3.809%
fell 4.28 basis points to 3.799%, and the yield on the German 10-year bund
TMBMKDE-10Y,
2.173%
held steady at 2.21%.
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