By Sara Sjolin, MarketWatch
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Here are companies whose shares have
made notable moves in European trade on Friday.
Decliners
Shares of London Stock Exchange Group PLC dropped 0.8% after the
exchange operator said it plans to raise 938 million pounds ($1.56
billion) to fund the takeover of asset manager Frank Russell
Co.
Petrofac Ltd.: Shares of the U.K. oil-services firm lost 1.2%
after the company said its chairman, Norman Murray, is stepping
down from the board and chairmanship because of illness in his
family.
Oil majors were also falling, as oil prices headed south. Shares
of Total SA (TOT) gave up 1.1%, ENI SpA erased 1.2% and Royal Dutch
Shell PLC (RDSB) fell 0.3%.
Gainers
Hugo Boss AG: Shares of German clothing company climbed 2.7%
after Deutsche Bank lifted the company to buy from hold, with the
analysts saying the outlook for the second half of the year looks
better than for the broader luxury sector.
Essentra PLC gained 2.9% after J.P. Morgan Cazenove lifted the
supplier of plastic and fiber products to overweight from
neutral.
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