European stocks finished lower Friday, with the Stoxx Europe 600 index
SXXP,
-0.44%
falling 1.09% to 459.17.
The French CAC 40 index
PX1,
-0.57%
fell 1.26% to 7,340.19, the FTSE 100 index
UKX,
-0.38%
dropped 1.24% to 7,524.16 and the German DAX
DAX,
-0.61%
dropped 1.03% to 15,832.17.
Among Stoxx Europe 600 constituents, real estate company Aroundtown S.A.
AT1,
-0.30%
saw the largest decline Friday, as shares declined 5.7%
Shares of real estate investment trusts firm British Land Co. PLC
BLND,
-0.16%
and technology company Just Eat Takeaway.com N.V.
TKWY,
-1.69%
weakened 5.3% and 5.1%, respectively.
Dassault Aviation S.A.
AM,
-0.39%,
an aerospace/defense company, and leisure/arts/hospitality firm Entain PLC
ENT,
-0.22%
rounded out the top five largest decreases as their stocks fell 5.0% and 4.9%, respectively.
Bechtle AG
BC8,
-0.29%,
a business/consumer services company, saw the largest increase of the Stoxx Europe 600 constituents, as shares rose 6.4% on Friday.
Shares of banking firm UBS Group AG
UBSG,
-1.40%
and banking company Commerzbank AG
CBK,
+0.37%
gained 4.7% and 2.2%, respectively.
alstria office REIT-AG
AOX,
-1.18%,
a real estate investment trusts company, and fossil fuels firm Equinor ASA
EQNR,
+0.94%
rounded out the top five largest increases as their stocks gained 1.7% and 1.6%, respectively.
The pound
GBPUSD,
+0.09%
was up 0.18% against the dollar, and the euro
EURUSD,
+0.07%
was down 0.23%. Brent crude
BRN00,
-0.19%
increased 0.52% to $86.85.
The yield on the 10-year gilt
TMBMKGB-10Y,
4.441%
increased 16.46 basis points to 4.531%, and the yield on the German 10-year bund
TMBMKDE-10Y,
2.603%
increased 9.760 basis points to 2.63%.
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