A negative end of the week for Europe

On Friday, all major European indexes ended the day in red.
The German DAX30 closed the day at 12240.06 or with a loss of 1.66%. Infineon Technologies AG (-4.66%), Volkswagen AG (-3.64%) and Continental AG (-3.11%) reported a decline of more than 1%.
The French CAC40 wiped out 1.57% of its value, closing at 5117.66. Valeo SA, Peugeot SA and Schneider Electric SE were the least represented, with decreases of 6.94%, 3.41% and 3.09% respectively.
The British FTSE100 index ended the session negatively, closing at 7452.91, losing 0.47% of its value. Micro Focus International (-2.53%), Smiths Group PLC (-2.49%) and Paddy Power Betfair PLC (-2.14%) were the biggest contributors to the result.
At the end of the session, the major US indices also traded downward, retreating between 0.17% and 0.25% of the record-breaking record of the previous days. General Electric Co.'s weak earnings data had a strong impact by lowering DOW JONES by 50 points to 21563, the S&P 500 by about 2 points to 2470, and NASDAQ COMPOSITE by 5 points to 6384.