By Sara Sjolin, MarketWatch
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Here are some of the companies whose
shares made notable moves in European trading on Thursday.
Gainers
Banks were among major gainers in Europe after the European
Central Bank said eurozone banks borrowed 82.6 billion euros
($106.9 billion) in the first round of targeted long-term
refinancing operation, also known as TLTRO. The uptake was lower
than expected, which some analysts argued was because the banks
might wait on TLTRO until after their asset-quality review and
stress test results. Shares of Banco Santander SA (SAN) rose 1%,
BNP Paribas SA picked up 1%, Société Générale SA climbed 1.8% and
Commerzbank AG added 1.2%.
Randstad Holding NV jumped 2.8% after Citigroup lifted the
recruitment agency to neutral from sell.
EasyJet PLC rose 1.9% after the cut-rate airline said Thursday
that it would increase its dividend payout more than 20% and buy 27
more Airbus Group NV jets.
Shares of chemicals and drug maker Bayer AG gained 5% as
investors welcomed news that the company plans to spin off its
plastics business to focus entirely on its life-sciences
operations.
Tate & Lyle PLC put on 3.1% after Exane BNP Paribas raised
the sugar maker to neutral from underperform.
Decliners
Siemens AG dropped 0.9% after Exane BNP Paribas cut the German
industrial conglomerate to neutral from outperform.
Miners were giving back ground in London as gold(GCZ4) and other
precious- and base-metal prices fell. In the wake of the Fed, a
rising dollar knocked gold back to levels not seen since January.
Shares of Fresnillo PLC fell 2.1%, Randgold Resources Ltd. dropped
2%, and heavyweight Rio Tinto PLC (RIO) slipped 0.6%.
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