European stocks slipped Tuesday, as the Stoxx Europe 600 index
SXXP,
-0.12%
finished down 0.42% to 464.70.
The FTSE 100 index
UKX,
+0.74%
weakened 0.34% to 7,751.08, the French CAC 40 index
PX1,
-0.21%
weakened 0.16% to 7,406.01 and the German DAX
DAX,
-0.20%
weakened 0.12% to 15,897.93.
Among Stoxx Europe 600 constituents, health care/life sciences company Sonova Holding AG
SOON,
+0.21%
saw the largest drop Tuesday, as shares tumbled 10.7%
Shares of technology firm Samhaellsbyggnadsbolaget i Norden AB Series B
SBB.B,
+2.62%
and telephone systems company Vodafone Group PLC
VOD,
-1.96%
weakened 8.0% and 7.4%, respectively.
KBC Group N.V.
KBC,
-0.97%,
a banking company, and real estate/construction company Nibe Industrier AB Series B
NIBE.B,
-1.35%
rounded out the top five largest decreases as their stocks fell 6.7% and 4.6%, respectively.
ams-OSRAM AG
AMS,
+3.11%,
a technology company, saw the largest increase of the Stoxx Europe 600 constituents, as shares increased 3.5% on Tuesday.
Shares of automotive firm Faurecia SE
EO,
-3.54%
and industrial goods company Siemens Energy AG
ENR,
-0.04%
added 3.1% and 3.0%, respectively.
Erste Group Bank AG
EBS,
-0.98%,
a banking/credit company, and retail company D C C P L C
DCC,
+0.58%
rounded out the top five largest increases as their stocks rose 2.9% and 2.8%, respectively.
The pound
GBPUSD,
-0.06%
was down 0.30% against the dollar, and the euro
EURUSD,
was down 0.11%. Brent crude
BRN00,
-0.53%
dropped 0.49% to $74.86.
The yield on the 10-year gilt
TMBMKGB-10Y,
4.335%
declined 0.24 basis points to 3.815%, and the yield on the German 10-year bund
TMBMKDE-10Y,
2.443%
rose 4.280 basis points to 2.35%.
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