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European stocks gain for first time in three days


Published: Jan. 12, 2024 at 12:00 p.m. ET

European stocks finished up Friday, with the Stoxx Europe 600 index STOXX Europe 600 Index growing 0.84% to 476.76.

The French CAC 40 index CAC 40 Index rose 1.05% to 7,465.14, the German DAX DAX rose 0.95% to 16,704.56 and the FTSE 100 index FTSE 100 Index rose 0.64% to 7,624.93.

Among Stoxx Europe 600 constituents, health care/life sciences…

European stocks finished up Friday, with the Stoxx Europe 600 index

SXXP

growing 0.84% to 476.76.

The French CAC 40 index

PX1

rose 1.05% to 7,465.14, the German DAX

DAX

rose 0.95% to 16,704.56 and the FTSE 100 index

UKX

rose 0.64% to 7,624.93.

Among Stoxx Europe 600 constituents, health care/life sciences company Ambu A/S Series B

AMBU.B

saw the largest increase Friday, as shares gained 7.2%.

Shares of printing/publishing firm Future PLC

FUTR

and health care/life sciences company GN Store Nord A/S

GN

added 7.0% and 5.3%, respectively.

Aroundtown S.A.

AT1

,
a real estate company, and technology company ams-OSRAM AG

AMS

rounded out the top five largest increases as their stocks increased 5.1% and 5.0%, respectively.

Shares of business/consumer services company Atos SE

ATO

saw the largest drop of the Stoxx Europe 600 constituents, as shares tumbled 14.7% on Friday.

Shares of retail firm Dino Polska S.A.

DNP

and health care/life sciences company Grifols S.A.

GRF

plunged 11.8% and 10.4%, respectively.

Jeronimo Martins SGPS S/A

JMT

,
a retail company, and company Burberry Group PLC

BRBY

rounded out the top five largest decreases as their stocks weakened 7.2% and 5.5%, respectively.

The pound

GBPUSD

was down 0.14% against the dollar, and the euro

EURUSD

was down 0.13%. Brent crude

BRN00

rose 1.36% to $78.46.

The yield on the 10-year gilt

TMBMKGB-10Y

fell 4.28 basis points to 3.799%, and the yield on the German 10-year bund

TMBMKDE-10Y

held steady at 2.21%.


Editor’s Note: This story was auto-generated by Automated Insights, an automation technology provider, using data from Dow Jones and FactSet. See our market data terms of use.



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