European stocks decreased Thursday, as the Stoxx Europe 600 index
SXXP,
-0.12%
closed down 0.47% to 460.34.
The FTSE 100 index
UKX,
+0.74%
weakened 1.10% to 7,702.64, the French CAC 40 index
PX1,
-0.21%
dropped 0.85% to 7,340.77 and the German DAX
DAX,
-0.20%
fell 0.51% to 15,734.24.
Among Stoxx Europe 600 constituents, retail company THG PLC
THG,
+4.70%
saw the largest drop Thursday, as shares tumbled 18.1%
Shares of real estate/construction firm Skanska AB Series B
SKA.B,
-0.78%
and business services company Teleperformance SE
TEP,
-0.48%
fell 11.1% and 7.2%, respectively.
Zalando SE
ZAL,
-0.95%,
a retail company, and aerospace/defense firm Leonardo S.p.A.
LDO,
+0.28%
rounded out the top five largest decreases as their stocks dropped 7.0% and 5.8%, respectively.
Auto1 Group SE
AG1,
-1.66%,
a retail company, saw the largest increase among Stoxx Europe 600 constituents, as shares jumped 10.6% on Thursday.
Shares of health care/life sciences firm MorphoSys AG
MOR,
-0.42%
and media/entertainment company Viaplay Group AB Series B
VPLAY.B,
-2.77%
increased 8.9% and 7.1%, respectively.
Uniper SE
UN01,
+9.48%,
a utilities company, and electric utilities company Oersted A/S
ORSTED,
-2.29%
rounded out the top five largest increases as their stocks increased 6.0% and 5.5%, respectively.
The pound
GBPUSD,
-0.05%
was up 0.18% against the dollar, and the euro
EURUSD,
-0.01%
was down 0.38%. Brent crude
BRN00,
-0.54%
added 0.28% to $72.53.
The yield on the 10-year gilt
TMBMKGB-10Y,
4.335%
fell 4.06 basis points to 3.654%, and the yield on the German 10-year bund
TMBMKDE-10Y,
2.443%
declined 6.220 basis points to 2.19%.
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