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European stocks decrease Friday – MarketWatch


Published: Jan. 19, 2024 at 12:00 p.m. ET

European stocks finished down Friday, with the Stoxx Europe 600 index STOXX Europe 600 Index falling 0.26% to 469.24.

The French CAC 40 index CAC 40 Index fell 0.40% to 7,371.64, the German DAX DAX was flat at 16,555.13 and the FTSE 100 index FTSE 100 Index was flat at 7,461.93.

Of the Stoxx Europe 600 constituents, media/entertainment company…

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

SXXP

falling 0.26% to 469.24.

The French CAC 40 index

PX1

fell 0.40% to 7,371.64, the German DAX

DAX

was flat at 16,555.13 and the FTSE 100 index

UKX

was flat at 7,461.93.

Of the Stoxx Europe 600 constituents, media/entertainment company Viaplay Group AB Series B

VPLAY.B

saw the largest drop Friday, as shares plunged 16.7%

Shares of health care/life sciences firm MorphoSys AG

MOR

and company Corbion N.V.

CRBN

plunged 11.7% and 10.4%, respectively.

Atos SE

ATO

,
a business/consumer services company, and health care/life sciences business Idorsia Ltd.

IDIA

rounded out the top five largest decreases as their stocks declined 7.7% and 7.4%, respectively.

Teleperformance SE

TEP

,
a business services company, saw the largest increase of the Stoxx Europe 600 constituents, as shares increased 8.6% on Friday.

Shares of agriculture firm Mowi ASA

MOWI

and technology company ams-OSRAM AG

AMS

increased 3.7% and 3.3%, respectively.

EQT AB

EQT

,
an investing/securities company, and technology company Allegro.eu S.A.

ALE

rounded out the top five largest increases as their stocks added 3.1% and 3.0%, respectively.

The pound

GBPUSD

was down 0.25% against the dollar, and the euro

EURUSD

was up 0.12%. Brent crude

BRN00

declined 0.57% to $78.65.

The yield on the 10-year gilt

TMBMKGB-10Y

declined 0.31 basis points to 3.934%, and the yield on the German 10-year bund

TMBMKDE-10Y

declined 0.420 basis points to 2.35%.


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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