European Stocks Close Nearly Unchanged

European stocks closed Wednesday nearly unchanged, after achieving recent gains on restored political certainty in the US and positive news about Coronavirus vaccines, despite the surge in new cases and lockdown measures across the continent.

The STOXX Europe 600 index finished marginally lower by 0.056%.

In the UK, the FTSE100 index lost 0.64%, while the French CAC40 added 0.23% and the German DAX slipped by 0.02%.