LONDON — Britain's FTSE 100 index fell, as Lonmin cut its full-year sales forecast, knocking miners off their feet, while heavyweight Royal Dutch Shell suffered a downgrade. The FTSE 100 closed at 6,697.7 points, down 19 or 0.28 percent.ROUNDUP:EUROFIRSTEUROPE — European shares rose for a third trading day in a row, securing their highest close since mid-November 2000, aided by a rally in financial stocks as the takeover battle for ABN AMRO heated up. Bank stocks were the top sector in Europe, led by ABN AMRO, which staged its largest one-day rally in three months after the consortium headed by Royal Bank of Scotland sweetened its offer for the Dutch bank. The FTSEurofirst 300 index of top European shares closed at 1,630.32 points, up 0.18 percent, after teetering either side of unchanged for most of the session.ROUNDUP:EUROpean marketsFRANKFURT — The DAX index ended at 8,105.69 points, up 12.92 or 0.16 percent.

PARIS — The CAC-40 index closed at 6,125.6 points, up 7.64 or 0.12 percent.

ZURICH — The Swiss market index closed at 9,299.8 points, up 38.06 or 0.41 percent.

MILAN — The All Share Mibtel index closed at 33,273 points, up 25 or 0.08 percent.ROUNDUP:nikkeiTOKYO — All Japanese financial markets were closed on Monday for a public holiday, Marine Day. The markets will reopen on Tuesday, July 17. On Friday, The Nikkei closed up 254.81 points at 18,238.95.ROUNDUP:hang sengHONG KONG — Stocks fell 0.63 percent, as sharp declines on mainland bourses accelerated profit-taking in recent gainers such as mainland lenders. After posting eight record highs in the previous nine sessions, the Hang Seng closed near the low end of the day's range, falling 145.35 points to end at 22,953.94.ROUNDUP:asxSYDNEY — Shares erased early gains to edge down 0.13 percent, weighed down by further losses in Rio Tinto Ltd. on worries it was paying a full price for Canadian aluminium firm Alcan Inc. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index fell 8.6 points to 6,380.8, after rising as much as 0.4 percent earlier in the session.ROUNDUP:south africaJOHANNESBURG — South African stocks retreated a touch as Lonmin Plc slid after it cut its full-year sales forecast, hitting rival Impala Platinum. The All-share index closed at 29,868.22 points, down 93.51 or 0.31 percent. The All Gold index closed at 2,703.45 points, up 16.09 or 0.60 percent, while the Industrial index closed at 20,323.73 points, up 111.83 or 0.55 percent.