European stocks finished up Thursday, with the Stoxx Europe 600 index
SXXP,
-0.12%
increasing 0.39% to 465.79.
The German DAX
DAX,
-0.20%
gained 1.33% to 16,163.36, the French CAC 40 index
PX1,
-0.21%
gained 0.64% to 7,446.89 and the FTSE 100 index
UKX,
+0.74%
rose 0.25% to 7,742.30.
Of the Stoxx Europe 600 constituents, retail company JD Sports Fashion PLC
JD,
+1.58%
saw the largest increase Thursday, as shares rose 5.9%.
Shares of health care/life sciences firm Galapagos N.V.
GLPG,
+0.02%
and technology company ASML Holding N.V.
ASML,
-0.86%
added 5.9% and 5.3%, respectively.
ConvaTec Group PLC
CTEC,
-0.86%,
a health care/life sciences company, and retail company CTS Eventim AG & Co. KGaA
EVD,
+0.08%
rounded out the top five largest increases as their stocks rose 5.0% and 5.0%, respectively.
Shares of printing/publishing company Future PLC
FUTR,
+1.17%
saw the largest decline of the Stoxx Europe 600 constituents, as shares plunged 15.9% on Thursday.
Shares of air transport firm International Distribution Services PLC
IDS,
+1.30%
and clothing/textiles company Burberry Group PLC
BRBY,
+1.05%
declined 6.0% and 5.2%, respectively.
BT Group PLC
BT.A,
-0.72%,
a telephone systems company, and electric/gas utilities firm A2A S.p.A.
A2A,
-0.39%
rounded out the top five largest decreases as their stocks weakened 5.0% and 4.1%, respectively.
The pound
GBPUSD,
-0.06%
was down 0.55% against the dollar, and the euro
EURUSD,
-0.01%
was down 0.58%. Brent crude
BRN00,
-0.53%
dropped 1.56% to $75.76.
The yield on the 10-year gilt
TMBMKGB-10Y,
4.335%
rose 11.51 basis points to 3.959%, and the yield on the German 10-year bund
TMBMKDE-10Y,
2.443%
increased 10.750 basis points to 2.45%.
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