European stocks finished lower Thursday, with the Stoxx Europe 600 index XX:SXXP dropping 0.90% to 451.19.
The French CAC 40 index FR:PX1 declined 0.94% to 7,191.74, the German DAX DX:DAX weakened 0.71% to 15,676.90 and the FTSE 100 index UK:UKX weakened 0.63% to 7,310.21.
Of the Stoxx Europe 600 constituents, investing/securities company Adyen N.V. NL:ADYEN saw the largest drop Thursday, as shares plummeted 39.0%
Shares of health care/life sciences firm GN Store Nord A/S DK:GN and real estate/construction company Nibe Industrier AB Series B SE:NIBE fell 9.4% and 5.7%, respectively.
Viaplay Group AB Series B SE:VPLAY, a media/entertainment company, and real estate/construction firm Geberit AG CH:GEBN rounded out the top five largest decreases as their stocks dropped 5.6% and 5.6%, respectively.
DocMorris N.V. CH:DOCM, a retail company, saw the largest increase among Stoxx Europe 600 constituents, as shares added 7.9% on Thursday.
Shares of health care/life sciences firm Siegfried Holding AG CH:SFZN and health care/life sciences company Koninklijke Philips N.V. NL:PHIA gained 5.4% and 3.9%, respectively.
Demant A/S DK:DEMANT, a health care/life sciences company, and retail business HelloFresh SE XE:HFG rounded out the top five largest increases as their stocks added 3.0% and 2.6%, respectively.
The pound GBPUSD was up 0.17% against the dollar, and the euro EURUSD was down 0.03%. Brent crude UK:BRN00 added 1.23% to $84.48.
The yield on the 10-year gilt BX:TMBMKGB-10Y rose 9.92 basis points to 4.746%, and the yield on the German 10-year bund BX:TMBMKDE-10Y increased 5.780 basis points to 2.71%.
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