LONDON - Banks and miners led Britain's top share index lower as nagging worries over the sustainability of the economic recovery and anaemic deal volumes weighed on the FTSE. The FTSE 100 closed down 16.01 points, or 0.3 percent, at 5,195.28. The index lost 80.16 points over the week.

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EUROPE - European shares fell to their lowest close in a month, below a key resistance level as worries about global economic growth weighed on sentiment, with construction stocks among the worst performers. The pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index of top shares ended down 0.7 percent at 1,029.59 points.

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FRANKFURT - The DAX index ended at 6005.16 points, down 69.97 or 1.15 percent on the day and dumping 105.25 on the week.

PARIS - The CAC-40 index closed at 3526.12 points, down 46.28 or 1.30 percent, shedding 84.79 points since last weekend.

ZURICH - The Swiss market index closed at 6185.82 points, down 95.53 or 1.52 percent, losing 108.52 since last Friday.

MILAN - The FT IT All Share index closed at 20398.61 points, down 238.45 or 1.16 percent, dropping 570.94 points ovr he week.

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TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei average fell 1.96 percent, hit by weak US economic data that sent the dollar slipping back towards a 15-year low. The Nikkei shed 183.30 points to 9,179.38 and fell 74.08 points on the week, for its second negative week in a row.

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HONG KONG - Stocks fell, erasing the week's gains, on the grim outlook for the US economy and weak mainland markets, with banks and property issues pushing the Hang Seng Index lower. The index fell 0.43 percent or 90.64 points to 20,981.82. It posted its second successive weekly fall, 89.75 points.

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SYDNEY - Stocks fell 1.07 percent, taking losses to the second consecutive week after sluggish US data raised the prospect of a double-dip recession and pushed investors toward safe haven assets. The S&P/ASX 200 index fell 48.1 points to 4,430.9, its lowest level in a week. For the week, the index fell 28.7 points.

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JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's rand fell to a three-week low against a firmer dollar and local stocks were at their lowest level since July 8. The All-share index closed at 26989.63 points, down 159.12 or 0.59 percent, lower on the week by 536.60 points.