European stocks fell on Wednesday, as the Stoxx Europe 600 index XX:SXXP
ended down 0.62% at 436.20.
The German DAX DX:DAX
fell 0.57% to 14,261.19, the FTSE 100 UK:UKX index
fell 0.43% to 7,489.19 and the French CAC 40 index FR:PX1
fell 0.41% to 6,660.59.
Among the constituents of Stoxx Europe 600, the software publisher Samhaellsbyggnadsbolaget i Norden AB Series B SE:SBB
saw the biggest decline on Wednesday, with shares falling 8.3%
Shares of oil extraction company Orron Energy AB SE:ORRON
and containers/packing company Gerresheimer AG XE:GXI
fell 8.0% and 6.3%, respectively.
NEL ASA NO:NEL,
a renewable energy production company and a semiconductor company ams-OSRAM AG CH:AMS
completed the five biggest declines, with their shares falling 6.0% and 5.6%, respectively.
GSK PLC UK: GSK,
a pharmaceutical company, saw the biggest rise in the constituents of the Stoxx Europe 600, with shares rising 7.5% on Wednesday.
Shares of the pharmaceutical company Sanofi SA FR:SAN
and food distribution company Ocado Group PLC UK:OCDO
increased by 6.1% and 3.6% respectively.
Ferguson PLC United Kingdom: FERG,
a wholesale company and an advertising/marketing/public relations company Teleperformance SE FR:TEP
completed the five largest gains, with their shares rising 3.4% and 3.0%, respectively.
The US pound: GBPUSD
was up 0.53% against the dollar and the euro US:EURUSD
was up 0.35%. Brent Crude United States: BRN00
fell 1.75% to $77.96.
The yield of the 10-year gilt BX:TMBMKGB-10Y
fell 3.54 basis points to 3.046%, and the 10-year German Bund yield BX:TMBMKDE-10Y
fell 1.770 basis points to 1.79%.
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