European stocks finished higher Thursday, with the Stoxx Europe 600 index
SXXP,
-0.12%
growing 0.18% to 464.03.
The French CAC 40 index
PX1,
-0.21%
rose 0.23% to 7,483.84, the German DAX
DAX,
-0.20%
was flat at 15,800.45 and the FTSE 100 index
UKX,
+0.74%
weakened 0.27% to 7,831.58.
Among Stoxx Europe 600 constituents, technology company SimCorp A/S
SIM,
-0.07%
saw the largest increase Thursday, as shares soared 38.3%.
Shares of electric utilities firm NEL ASA
NEL,
+0.34%
and machinery company Atlas Copco AB
ATCO.A,
-1.55%
surged 17.0% and 14.5%, respectively.
Thule Group AB
THULE,
+0.86%,
a leisure goods company, and health care/life sciences company GN Store Nord A/S
GN,
-2.95%
rounded out the top five largest increases as their stocks jumped 13.8% and 11.5%, respectively.
Shares of technology company Soitec S.A.
SOI,
-2.46%
saw the largest drop among Stoxx Europe 600 constituents, as shares tumbled 15.4% on Thursday.
Shares of telephone systems firm Millicom International Cellular S.A.
SE:TIGO
and technology company STMicroelectronics N.V.
STMMI,
-1.30%
dropped 8.7% and 8.7%, respectively.
Deutsche Boerse AG
DB1,
-0.42%,
an investing/securities company, and basic materials/resources business EMS-Chemie Holding AG
EMSN,
+1.36%
rounded out the top five largest decreases as their stocks weakened 7.7% and 6.6%, respectively.
The pound
GBPUSD,
-0.06%
was up 0.07% against the dollar, and the euro
EURUSD,
+0.01%
was down 0.19%. Brent crude
BRN00,
-0.54%
increased 0.28% to $77.94.
The yield on the 10-year gilt
TMBMKGB-10Y,
4.335%
rose 6.86 basis points to 3.797%, and the yield on the German 10-year bund
TMBMKDE-10Y,
2.443%
rose 5.990 basis points to 2.46%.
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