European stocks finished down Wednesday, with the Stoxx Europe 600 index
SXXP,
-0.44%
decreasing 1.35% to 460.84.
The FTSE 100 index
UKX,
-0.36%
dropped 1.36% to 7,561.63, the German DAX
DAX,
-0.60%
fell 1.36% to 16,020.02 and the French CAC 40 index
PX1,
-0.56%
fell 1.26% to 7,312.84.
Of the Stoxx Europe 600 constituents, business/consumer services company Atos SE
ATO,
-0.49%
saw the largest drop Wednesday, as shares plunged 16.2%
Shares of health care/life sciences firm Idorsia Ltd.
IDIA,
+1.91%
and technology company ams-OSRAM AG
AMS,
-2.17%
dropped 11.6% and 9.3%, respectively.
Retail companies DocMorris N.V.
DOCM,
-1.35%
and Auto1 Group SE
AG1,
-1.46%
rounded out the top five largest decreases as their stocks fell 8.1% and 8.0%, respectively.
United Internet AG
UTDI,
-0.66%,
a technology company, saw the largest increase of the Stoxx Europe 600 constituents, as shares surged 17.0% on Wednesday.
Shares of utilities firm Uniper SE
UN01,
+5.68%
and aerospace/defense company BAE Systems PLC
BA,
-0.92%
added 12.1% and 6.4%, respectively.
ConvaTec Group PLC
CTEC,
-3.29%,
a health care/life sciences company, and media/entertainment business Viaplay Group AB Series B
VPLAY.B,
-0.31%
rounded out the top five largest increases as their stocks rose 6.3% and 5.3%, respectively.
The pound
GBPUSD,
+0.10%
was down 0.52% against the dollar, and the euro
EURUSD,
+0.08%
was down 0.41%. Brent crude
BRN00,
-0.22%
dropped 2.26% to $82.99.
The yield on the 10-year gilt
TMBMKGB-10Y,
4.441%
rose 0.37 basis points to 4.406%, and the yield on the German 10-year bund
TMBMKDE-10Y,
2.603%
declined 2.230 basis points to 2.54%.
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