European stocks held steady Monday, as the Stoxx Europe 600 index
SXXP,
-0.40%
finished down 0.04% to 457.96.
The French CAC 40 index
PX1,
-0.52%
fell 0.24% to 7,279.51, the FTSE 100 index
UKX,
-0.38%
dropped 0.16% to 7,452.76 and the German DAX
DAX,
-0.56%
was flat at 15,824.85.
Of the Stoxx Europe 600 constituents, insurance company Direct Line Insurance Group PLC
DLG,
+2.04%
saw the largest decrease Monday, as shares weakened 4.3%
Shares of electric/gas utilities firm Rubis SCA
RUI,
-1.93%
and electric utilities company Oersted A/S
ORSTED,
+2.32%
fell 4.1% and 3.5%, respectively.
Compagnie de Saint-Gobain S.A.
SGO,
-1.17%,
a real estate/construction company, and basic materials/resources business Clariant AG
CLN,
-1.17%
rounded out the top five largest decreases as their stocks weakened 3.1% and 3.0%, respectively.
Kion Group AG
KGX,
-2.40%,
a retail/wholesale company, saw the largest increase among Stoxx Europe 600 constituents, as shares added 4.8% on Monday.
Shares of basic materials/resources firm Yara International ASA
YAR,
-0.32%
and leisure/travel goods company CD Projekt S.A.
CDR,
+1.69%
increased 4.5% and 3.9%, respectively.
Telecom Italia S.p.A.
TIT,
+0.29%,
a telephone systems company, and leisure/arts/hospitality company Entain PLC
ENT,
-0.22%
rounded out the top five largest increases as their stocks increased 3.5% and 2.8%, respectively.
The pound
GBPUSD,
+0.10%
was up 0.27% against the dollar, and the euro
EURUSD,
+0.07%
was up 0.22%. Brent crude
BRN00,
-0.09%
added 0.42% to $88.92.
The yield on the 10-year gilt
TMBMKGB-10Y,
4.441%
increased 3.84 basis points to 4.468%, and the yield on the German 10-year bund
TMBMKDE-10Y,
2.602%
rose 3.300 basis points to 2.58%.
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