European stocks decreased Thursday, as the Stoxx Europe 600 index XX:SXXP closed down 0.47% to 460.34.
The FTSE 100 index UK:UKX weakened 1.10% to 7,702.64, the French CAC 40 index FR:PX1 dropped 0.85% to 7,340.77 and the German DAX DX:DAX fell 0.51% to 15,734.24.
Among Stoxx Europe 600 constituents, retail company THG PLC UK:THG saw the largest drop Thursday, as shares tumbled 18.1%
Shares of real estate/construction firm Skanska AB Series B SE:SKA and business services company Teleperformance SE FR:TEP fell 11.1% and 7.2%, respectively.
Zalando SE XE:ZAL, a retail company, and aerospace/defense firm Leonardo S.p.A. IT:LDO rounded out the top five largest decreases as their stocks dropped 7.0% and 5.8%, respectively.
Auto1 Group SE XE:AG1, a retail company, saw the largest increase among Stoxx Europe 600 constituents, as shares jumped 10.6% on Thursday.
Shares of health care/life sciences firm MorphoSys AG XE:MOR and media/entertainment company Viaplay Group AB Series B SE:VPLAY increased 8.9% and 7.1%, respectively.
Uniper SE XE:UN01, a utilities company, and electric utilities company Oersted A/S DK:ORSTED rounded out the top five largest increases as their stocks increased 6.0% and 5.5%, respectively.
The pound GBPUSD was up 0.18% against the dollar, and the euro EURUSD was down 0.38%. Brent crude UK:BRN00 added 0.28% to $72.53.
The yield on the 10-year gilt BX:TMBMKGB-10Y fell 4.06 basis points to 3.654%, and the yield on the German 10-year bund BX:TMBMKDE-10Y declined 6.220 basis points to 2.19%.
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