european stocks declined on tuesday with attention still trained on the isolation of russia from global financial markets after its invasion of ukraine the stoxx europe 600 sxxp  which ended just 01 lower on monday despite heavier losses early in the day declined 04 the german dax dax dropped 09 and the french cac 40 px1 fell 08 while the uk ftse 100 ukx rose 01 as metals producers advanced heavy fighting continued in ukraine with the country’s secondlargest city kharkiv bombarded the central bank of russia kept the local stock market closed for a second day after the us barred transactions with it the central bank on monday lifted interest rates to 20 from 95 rheinmetall rhm rose for a second day gaining 5 after germany said it would spend €100 billion to boost its armed forces traders also eyed the latest set of corporate results hellofresh hfg  the mealkit preparation company dropped 8 after missing forecasts on adjusted earnings before interest tax depreciation and amortization covestro 1cov jumped 4 as the chemicals company said it would make the highest payout in company history and authorized a €500 million stock buyback flutter entertainment fltr dropped 9 after booking a £543 million charge and saying revenue growth slowed to 2 in the first seven weeks of 2022 it still expects its fanduel unit to be profitable in the us in 2023