Published: Feb. 9, 2024 at 12:00 p.m. ET
European stocks finished flat Friday, with the Stoxx Europe 600 index STOXX Europe 600 Index closing at 484.83.
The FTSE 100 index FTSE 100 Index declined 0.30% to 7,572.58, the French CAC 40 index CAC 40 Index fell 0.24% to 7,647.52 and the German DAX DAX dropped 0.22% to 16,926.50.
Of the Stoxx Europe 600 constituents, real estate/construction…
European stocks finished flat Friday, with the Stoxx Europe 600 index
SXXP
closing at 484.83.
The FTSE 100 index
UKX
declined 0.30% to 7,572.58, the French CAC 40 index
PX1
fell 0.24% to 7,647.52 and the German DAX
DAX
dropped 0.22% to 16,926.50.
Of the Stoxx Europe 600 constituents, real estate/construction company Sweco AB Series B
SWEC.B
saw the largest decline Friday, as shares plunged 13.7%
Shares of firms L’Oreal S.A.
OR
Verbund AG
VER
dropped 7.6% and 5.4%, respectively.
Fastighets AB Balder Series B
BALD.B
,
a real estate company, and basic materials/resources business Wacker Chemie AG
WCH
rounded out the top five largest decreases as their stocks dropped 3.8% and 3.7%, respectively.
Ubisoft Entertainment S.A.
UBI
,
a company, saw the largest increase among Stoxx Europe 600 constituents, as shares jumped 13.8% on Friday.
Shares of transportation/logistics firm Kongsberg Gruppen ASA
KOG
and health care/life sciences company Coloplast A/S Series B
COLO.B
rose 10.5% and 9.7%, respectively.
Nexans
NEX
,
an industrial goods company, and business Thule Group AB
THULE
rounded out the top five largest increases as their stocks added 5.9% and 5.8%, respectively.
The pound
GBPUSD
was up 0.08% against the dollar, and the euro
EURUSD
was up 0.03%. Brent crude
BRN00
gained 0.53% to $82.06.
The yield on the 10-year gilt
TMBMKGB-10Y
rose 3.49 basis points to 4.087%, and the yield on the German 10-year bund
TMBMKDE-10Y
increased 2.740 basis points to 2.38%.
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.
