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European equities head south as American tax bill gets muted reception
On Thursday, European equities followed Wall Street as well as Asian bourses lower in rather a muted response to the American Congress's approval of a long-awaited tax overhaul.
The STOXX 600 index lost 0.2%, with major European equities trading sideways.
Spain's IBEX headed south 0.4%, a bit worse than Germany's DAX as well as Paris CAC 40 that both tumbled 0.2%.
Financial experts are assured that financial markets will require time to digest the newly-approved US tax bill to find out which businesses will derive the greatest benefits.
Nokia reported the best performance of the STOXX 600, gaining 2.6% having announced a patent agreement with China's Huawei.
Meanwhile, Britain's Balfour Beatty posted a 2.4% soar after on Thursday it told that it had already agreed to have a 12.5% stake sold in M25 motorway operator Connect Plus for about 103 million pounds, thus pushing up this year’s revenue and making funds to pay down debt.
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