European stocks finished down Tuesday, with the Stoxx Europe 600 index
SXXP,
-0.12%
decreasing 0.33% to 465.41.
The French CAC 40 index
PX1,
-0.21%
fell 0.59% to 7,397.17, the FTSE 100 index
UKX,
+0.74%
declined 0.18% to 7,764.09 and the German DAX
DAX,
-0.20%
was flat at 15,955.48.
Of the Stoxx Europe 600 constituents, technology company Samhaellsbyggnadsbolaget i Norden AB Series B
SBB.B,
+2.62%
saw the largest decrease Tuesday, as shares plummeted 24.2%
Shares of retail firm THG PLC
THG,
+4.70%
and basic materials/resources company Victrex PLC
VCT,
+0.06%
dropped 15.2% and 9.6%, respectively.
Carl Zeiss Meditec AG
AFX,
-0.74%,
a health care/life sciences company, and agriculture firm Genus PLC
GNS,
-0.56%
rounded out the top five largest decreases as their stocks fell 8.8% and 7.2%, respectively.
Grifols S.A.
GRF,
+1.41%,
a health care/life sciences company, saw the largest increase among Stoxx Europe 600 constituents, as shares increased 9.4% on Tuesday.
Shares of health care/life sciences firm Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA
FRE,
+0.52%
and banking/credit company Banco BPM S.p.A.
BAMI,
-1.28%
rose 8.7% and 7.6%, respectively.
Orkla ASA
ORK,
+0.42%,
a food/beverages/tobacco company, and leisure/arts/hospitality business Carnival PLC
CCL,
+2.42%
rounded out the top five largest increases as their stocks increased 7.5% and 6.1%, respectively.
The pound
GBPUSD,
-0.06%
held steady against the dollar, and the euro
EURUSD,
-0.01%
was down 0.47%. Brent crude
BRN00,
-0.54%
dropped 1.78% to $75.64.
The yield on the 10-year gilt
TMBMKGB-10Y,
4.335%
rose 7.61 basis points to 3.857%, and the yield on the German 10-year bund
TMBMKDE-10Y,
2.443%
increased 1.860 basis points to 2.35%.
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