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European stocks decline Tuesday

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European stocks slipped Tuesday, as the Stoxx Europe 600 index XX:SXXP finished down 0.93% to 455.57.

The FTSE 100 index UK:UKX dropped 1.57% to 7,389.64, the French CAC 40 index FR:PX1 declined 1.10% to 7,267.70 and the German DAX DX:DAX declined 0.86% to 15,767.28.

Of the Stoxx Europe 600 constituents, fossil fuels company Orron Energy AB SE:ORRON saw the largest drop Tuesday, as shares fell 6.3%

Shares of real estate investment trusts firm alstria office REIT-AG XE:AOX and investing/securities company Adyen N.V. NL:ADYEN declined 4.0% and 3.9%, respectively.

Phoenix Group Holdings PLC UK:PHNX, an insurance company, and leisure/arts/hospitality firm TUI AG UK:TUI rounded out the top five largest decreases as their stocks declined 3.6% and 3.5%, respectively.

Marks & Spencer Group PLC UK:MKS, a retail company, saw the largest increase of the Stoxx Europe 600 constituents, as shares rose 8.3% on Tuesday.

Shares of health care/life sciences firm Tecan Group AG CH:TECN and retail company Galenica AG CH:GALE added 7.8% and 4.7%, respectively.

TAG Immobilien AG XE:TEG, a real estate company, and consumer goods company Pandora A/S DK:PNDORA rounded out the top five largest increases as their stocks rose 3.2% and 2.7%, respectively.

The pound GBPUSD was up 0.46% against the dollar, and the euro EURUSD was up 0.21%. Brent crude UK:BRN00 weakened 2.04% to $84.45.

The yield on the 10-year gilt BX:TMBMKGB-10Y increased 2.27 basis points to 4.590%, and the yield on the German 10-year bund BX:TMBMKDE-10Y rose 3.740 basis points to 2.68%.

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