Europe stocks in cautious start; Home Retail up

MADRID (MarketWatch) -- European stock markets opened mostly flat on Thursday as investors appeared to take a breather from the prior session's rally and amid cautious trading in the Asian session. The Stoxx Europe 600 index /zigman2/quotes/210599654/delayed XX:SXXP +1.42% fell 0.1% to 228.54, while the France CAC 40 index /zigman2/quotes/210597958/delayed FR:PX1 +1.64% was flat at 3,072.02 and the German DAX 30 index /zigman2/quotes/210597999/delayed DX:DAX +1.62% rose 0.2% to 5,414.23. The FTSE 100 index /zigman2/quotes/210598409/delayed UK:UKX +0.27% was flat at 5,322.32. Among the movers, shares of Home Retail Group PLC /zigman2/quotes/221810778/delayed UK:HOME -3.90% jumped 6% after a sales update. Victrex PLC /zigman2/quotes/202943820/delayed UK:VCT +0.93% dropped over 4% and Schroders PLC /zigman2/quotes/200207320/delayed UK:SDR +1.45% fell 2% after each got broker downgrades.

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STOXX Europe 600 Index

XX : STOXX

443.93

+6.22 +1.42%

Volume: 0.00

May 27, 2022 5:50p

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CAC 40 Index

FR : France: Euronext Paris

6,515.75

+105.17 +1.64%

Volume: 70,892

May 27, 2022 6:05p

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DAX

DX : Xetra Indices

14,462.19

+230.90 +1.62%

Volume: 71,341

May 27, 2022 6:30p

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FTSE 100 Index

UK : FTSE UK

7,585.46

+20.54 +0.27%

Volume: 579,898

May 27, 2022 4:57p

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Home REIT PLC

UK : U.K.: London

113.40 p

-4.60 -3.90%

Volume: 28.85M

May 27, 2022 4:35p

P/E Ratio

10.05

Dividend Yield

4.85%

Market Cap

£662.77 million

Rev. per Employee

N/A

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Victrex PLC

UK : U.K.: London

1,733.00 p

+16.00 +0.93%

Volume: 62,262

May 27, 2022 4:35p

P/E Ratio

21.53

Dividend Yield

3.44%

Market Cap

£1.49 billion

Rev. per Employee

£364,319

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Schroders PLC

UK : U.K.: London

2,936.00 p

+42.00 +1.45%

Volume: 229,345

May 27, 2022 4:35p

P/E Ratio

13.53

Dividend Yield

4.16%

Market Cap

£7.66 billion

Rev. per Employee

£525,861