By Carla Mozee, MarketWatch

LONDON (MarketWatch)--Here are some of the companies whose shares made notable moves in European trade Friday.

BP PLC: The British energy-sector heavyweight (BP) rose 2.6%, cutting into a 5.9% decline Thursday after U.S. federal judge found the company grossly negligent in the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster. BP said late Thursday it will appeal the decision, and Citigroup raised its rating on the shares to buy following Thursday's share-price drop.

GDF Suez: The French power utility gained 2.1% after being added to Morgan Stanley's list of top stock picks. The brokerage said it expects the company to deliver better earnings growth than most of its peers.

Julius Baer Gruppe AG: Shares picked up 2.6% after the Zurich-based bank was upgraded to a buy rating from neutral at UBS, which cited an expected expansion in a valuation multiple as the reason.

London Stock Exchange PLC: Shares in the exchange operator fell 2.2% as Borse Dubai sold 8.5 million shares, or a 3.1% stake, according to news reports.

Neopost SA: The mailroom-equipment maker late Thursday posted higher second-quarter sales as it logged "significant improvement in growth" at its two divisions, and it reiterated its full-year view. The company also sold $90 million in new debt to a single investor. Shares of the French company leapt 7.2%.

The Stoxx Europe 600 fell Friday, with investors moving with caution after a cease-fire agreement was reached for eastern Ukraine. But the index finished the week higher by 1.6%.

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