European markets closed mixed Monday amid ongoing concerns around the coronavirus outbreak in China.
The pan-European Stoxx 600 closed provisionally marginally higher, with sectors and major bourses pointing in different directions. Oil and gas stocks fell over 1% to lead losses while construction shares were the top gainers adding 0.6%.
NMC Health’s London-listed shares jumped 24% to lead the Stoxx 600 after announcing it had received two preliminary approaches from private equity firms, and that two other major investors were under review for inaccurate disclosures.
Exor shares climbed 4% after the Italian investment group revealed talks to sell its reinsurer PartnerRe.
At the other end of the European benchmark, Carl Zeiss Meditec slipped 5% while Neste fell over 3%.
Source: CNBC