By Sara Sjolin, MarketWatch

LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Here are companies whose shares made notable moves in European trade on Thursday.

Gainers

Raiffeisen Bank International AG: Shares of the Austrian bank rallied 5.6% after it said falling costs helped lift second-quarter profit, allowing it to confirm its outlook.

AstraZeneca PLC (AZN) and Sanofi SA climbed 1.9% and 1.1%, respectively, after they entered into a strategic partnership with Illumina Inc. (ILMN) to develop a cancer-test system.

Losers

Royal Ahold NV lost 2.1% after the Dutch retailer reported a 29% fall in second-quarter profit, as fierce competition and a weaker U.S. dollar weighed on margins and sales.

Miners in London slipped after data from China showed factory activity in the world's second-largest economy weakened to a three-month low in August. Shares of Anglo American PLC fell 0.7%, Rio Tinto PLC (RIO) fell 0.5% and BHP Billiton PLC (BHP) dropped 0.4%.

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