European stocks slump with travel names hard hit as investors fret over new COVID variant

European stocks fell sharply early Friday, with heavy losses for travel stocks and energy names after a new potentially highly contagious variant of COVID was detected in South Africa. The Stoxx Europe 600 index /zigman2/quotes/210599654/delayed XX:SXXP -1.84% slid 3.8% to 465, with the German DAX /zigman2/quotes/210597999/delayed DX:DAX -1.94% down 3.5%, the French CAC 40 /zigman2/quotes/210597958/delayed FR:PX1 -1.75% sliding 4.3% and the FTSE 100 index /zigman2/quotes/210598409/delayed UK:UKX 0.00% down 3.4%. The U.K. has announced it will halt travel from South Africa and several other African countries as of Friday. Shares of International Consolidated Airlines /zigman2/quotes/208070069/delayed UK:IAG -2.93% slid 10%, cruise operator Carnival /zigman2/quotes/210414141/delayed UK:CCL -5.18% slumped 16% and Deutsche Lufthansa /zigman2/quotes/205496028/delayed DE:LHA -3.01% dropped 12%. Energy names also weighed heavily as crude fell more than 5% to $73.91 a barrel. BP shares /zigman2/quotes/207305210/composite BP -2.07% /zigman2/quotes/202286639/delayed UK:BP -1.77% fell 8%.

/zigman2/quotes/210599654/delayed

Add to watchlist XX:SXXP

STOXX Europe 600 Index

XX : STOXX

474.44

-8.91 -1.84%

Volume: 0.00

Jan. 21, 2022 11:03p

/zigman2/quotes/210597999/delayed

Add to watchlist DX:DAX

DAX

DX : Xetra Indices

15,603.88

-308.45 -1.94%

Volume: 105,899

Jan. 21, 2022 6:30p

/zigman2/quotes/210597958/delayed

Add to watchlist FR:PX1

CAC 40 Index

FR : France: Euronext Paris

7,068.59

-125.57 -1.75%

Volume: 110,697

Jan. 21, 2022 6:05p

/zigman2/quotes/210598409/delayed

Add to watchlist UK:UKX

FTSE 100 Index

UK : FTSE UK

7,494.13

0.00 0.00%

Volume: 734,087

Jan. 21, 2022 4:56p

/zigman2/quotes/208070069/delayed

Add to watchlist UK:IAG

International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A.

UK : U.K.: London

157.80 p

-4.76 -2.93%

Volume: 19.79M

Jan. 21, 2022 4:35p

P/E Ratio

N/A

Dividend Yield

0.00%

Market Cap

£7.83 billion

Rev. per Employee

£72,726

/zigman2/quotes/210414141/delayed

Add to watchlist UK:CCL

Carnival PLC

UK : U.K.: London

1,384.20 p

-75.60 -5.18%

Volume: 1.36M

Jan. 21, 2022 4:35p

P/E Ratio

N/A

Dividend Yield

0.00%

Market Cap

£16.55 billion

Rev. per Employee

N/A

/zigman2/quotes/205496028/delayed

Add to watchlist DE:LHA

Deutsche Lufthansa AG

DE : Germany: Frankfurt

€ 6.90

-0.21 -3.01%

Volume: 60,872

Jan. 21, 2022 10:59p

P/E Ratio

N/A

Dividend Yield

N/A

Market Cap

N/A

Rev. per Employee

€264,465

/zigman2/quotes/207305210/composite

Add to watchlist BP

BP PLC ADR

US : U.S.: NYSE

$ 30.71

-0.65 -2.07%

Volume: 17.47M

Jan. 21, 2022 4:00p

P/E Ratio

15.88

Dividend Yield

4.12%

Market Cap

$101.61 billion

Rev. per Employee

$2.39M

/zigman2/quotes/202286639/delayed

Add to watchlist UK:BP

BP PLC

UK : U.K.: London

382.25 p

-6.90 -1.77%

Volume: 57.17M

Jan. 21, 2022 4:35p

P/E Ratio

16.31

Dividend Yield

3.00%

Market Cap

£74.96 billion

Rev. per Employee

£1.75M