European stocks finished down Wednesday, with the Stoxx Europe 600 index
SXXP,
-0.43%
dropping 0.15% to 459.13.
The German DAX
DAX,
-0.58%
declined 0.24% to 15,891.93, the French CAC 40 index
PX1,
-0.56%
dropped 0.12% to 7,364.40 and the FTSE 100 index
UKX,
-0.39%
increased 0.12% to 7,473.67.
Of the Stoxx Europe 600 constituents, electric utilities company Oersted A/S
ORSTED,
+2.35%
saw the largest decline Wednesday, as shares plummeted 24.8%
Shares of technology firm Delivery Hero SE
DHER,
-0.38%
and industrial goods company Vestas Wind Systems A/S
VWS,
-1.01%
dropped 10.3% and 5.3%, respectively.
Ubisoft Entertainment S.A.
UBI,
-0.36%,
a leisure/travel goods company, and utilities firm RWE AG
RWE,
-0.27%
rounded out the top five largest decreases as their stocks declined 5.2% and 4.7%, respectively.
Aroundtown S.A.
AT1,
-0.30%,
a real estate company, saw the largest increase of the Stoxx Europe 600 constituents, as shares added 9.1% on Wednesday.
Shares of road/rail transport firm Stadler Rail AG
SRAIL,
-0.52%
and retail company HelloFresh SE
HFG,
-1.23%
gained 6.0% and 5.0%, respectively.
Atos SE
ATO,
-0.51%,
a business/consumer services company, and printing/publishing company Future PLC
FUTR,
-0.83%
rounded out the top five largest increases as their stocks rose 4.1% and 3.6%, respectively.
The pound
GBPUSD,
+0.10%
was up 0.63% against the dollar, and the euro
EURUSD,
+0.07%
was up 0.40%. Brent crude
BRN00,
-0.19%
increased 0.19% to $85.07.
The yield on the 10-year gilt
TMBMKGB-10Y,
4.439%
increased 0.19 basis points to 4.428%, and the yield on the German 10-year bund
TMBMKDE-10Y,
2.601%
increased 3.710 basis points to 2.55%.
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