European stocks finished higher Tuesday, with the Stoxx Europe 600 index XX:SXXP growing 0.38% to 461.68.
The FTSE 100 index UK:UKX increased 0.37% to 7,628.10, the German DAX DX:DAX added 0.18% to 15,992.44 and the French CAC 40 index FR:PX1 increased 0.11% to 7,209.00.
Among Stoxx Europe 600 constituents, utilities company Uniper SE XE:UN01 saw the largest increase Tuesday, as shares increased 5.6%.
Shares of health care/life sciences firm MorphoSys AG XE:MOR and retail company Ocado Group PLC UK:OCDO gained 5.1% and 4.4%, respectively.
Powszechna Kasa Oszczednosci Bank Polski S.A. PL:PKO, a banking/credit company, and health care/life sciences business Novo Nordisk A/S Series B DK:NOVO rounded out the top five largest increases as their stocks gained 4.3% and 4.1%, respectively.
Shares of retail company HelloFresh SE XE:HFG saw the largest decline of the Stoxx Europe 600 constituents, as shares declined 5.7% on Tuesday.
Shares of technology firms Just Eat Takeaway.com N.V. NL:TKWY and Allegro.eu S.A. PL:ALE dropped 4.1% and 3.3%, respectively.
Agriculture companies Bakkafrost P/F NO:BAKKA and Mowi ASA NO:MOWI rounded out the top five largest decreases as their stocks fell 3.0% and 3.0%, respectively.
The pound GBPUSD was down 0.13% against the dollar, and the euro EURUSD was down 0.16%. Brent crude UK:BRN00 dropped 0.63% to $76.23.
The yield on the 10-year gilt BX:TMBMKGB-10Y rose 0.29 basis points to 4.210%, and the yield on the German 10-year bund BX:TMBMKDE-10Y declined 0.800 basis points to 2.37%.
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