European stocks finished down Tuesday, with the Stoxx Europe 600 index
SXXP,
-0.44%
decreasing 0.23% to 458.60.
The German DAX
DAX,
-0.59%
fell 1.10% to 15,774.93, the French CAC 40 index
PX1,
-0.57%
weakened 0.69% to 7,269.47 and the FTSE 100 index
UKX,
-0.37%
weakened 0.36% to 7,527.42.
Among Stoxx Europe 600 constituents, investing/securities company abrdn PLC
ABDN,
-0.73%
saw the largest drop Tuesday, as shares plunged 11.7%
Shares of banking/credit firms FinecoBank S.p.A.
FBK,
-3.86%
Banco BPM S.p.A.
BAMI,
-0.32%
dropped 9.9% and 9.1%, respectively.
Banking/Credit companies Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A.
ISP,
+0.08%
and UniCredit S.p.A.
UCG,
-0.58%
rounded out the top five largest decreases as their stocks weakened 8.7% and 5.9%, respectively.
Novo Nordisk A/S Series B
NOVO.B,
+0.61%,
a health care/life sciences company, saw the largest increase of the Stoxx Europe 600 constituents, as shares surged 17.3% on Tuesday.
Shares of investing/securities firm Quilter PLC
QLT,
-0.80%
and industrial goods company Gerresheimer AG
GXI,
-1.12%
jumped 13.4% and 10.7%, respectively.
Idorsia Ltd.
IDIA,
+1.91%,
a health care/life sciences company, and health care/life sciences company Ipsen
IPN,
+0.92%
rounded out the top five largest increases as their stocks rose 5.0% and 4.2%, respectively.
The pound
GBPUSD,
+0.11%
was down 0.42% against the dollar, and the euro
EURUSD,
+0.07%
was down 0.47%. Brent crude
BRN00,
-0.21%
fell 0.15% to $85.21.
The yield on the 10-year gilt
TMBMKGB-10Y,
4.441%
fell 7.19 basis points to 4.386%, and the yield on the German 10-year bund
TMBMKDE-10Y,
2.603%
declined 13.070 basis points to 2.47%.
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