(RTTNews) – European stocks combined on Monday after Brexit talks resumed on Saturday, raising hopes for a breakthrough. The UK and the EU are at the “final level of negotiations” on a post-Brexit industrial deal, according to the UK. foreign minister.
The pan-European Stoxx Europe 600 rose to 393. 35 after winning 0. 4% on Friday. Germany’s DAX and the UK’s FTSE 100 rose by around 0. 3%, while France’s CAC 40 index fell by 0. 2%.
Italian lender UniCredit fell 4. 2% before a board meeting on Sunday to discuss governance issues.
Aegon NV shares rose 2. 8%. The Dutch life insurer said it had agreed to sell its insurance, pension and asset control businesses in Hungary, Poland, Romania and Turkey to Vienna Insurance Group for 830 million euros.
HSBC Holdings fell by 1. 2%. According to the Financial Times, the bank is completely out of its retail banking operations in the United States.
AstraZeneca rose 1. 7%. The drug manufacturer said his Forxiga had been approved in Japan for the treatment of patients with chronic center failure.
Lloyds Banking Group rose 1. 2% after appointing Charlie Nunn as its new executive leader.
Indivior went up 7%. The drug manufacturer said it would vigorously oppose legal action through the Reckitt Benckiser group.
Sanofi SA shares rose 0. 7%. The French pharmaceutical company and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. declared that their Dupixent product had been approved by the European Commission to treat 6- to 11-year-olds with severe atopic dermatitis.
Wacker Chemie AG won 6. 5%. The German chemical company said this lately in complex discussions with GlobalWafers Co. Ltd. in connection with the sale of its entire stake in Siltronic, or approximately 30. 8% of Siltronic’s overall notable shares.