LONDON - Britain's leading share index logged a sixth straight session of gains, up 0.2 percent. The FTSE 100 closed at 5,172.89 points, up 8.94 or 0.17 percent, rising 161.42 points since last weekend.

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EUROPE - European shares pulled back, from an 11-month high reached the previous session, as commodity stocks fell, but Lloyds Banking Group reversed earlier losses on a Goldman Sachs note.

The FTSEurofirst 300 of top European shares closed 0.5 percent lower at 1,006.5 points, snapping a three-day winning run but was still up 1.3 percent for the week.

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FRANKFURT - The DAX index ended at 5,703.83 points, down 27.31 or 0.48 percent, up 79.81 points on the week.

PARIS - The CAC-40 index closed at 3,827.84 points, down 7.43 or 0.19 percent, up 92.95 points from a week ago.

ZURICH - The Swiss market index closed at 6,325.15 points, up 7.43 or 0.12 percent. The index gained 92.16 points over the week.

MILAN - The FT IT All Share index closed at 23,964.24 points, down 91.35 or 0.38 percent, adding 460.53 points over the last seven days.

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TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei stock average slipped 0.7 percent, with financials hit. The benchmark Nikkei pared its losses to 73.26 points or 10,370.54 after falling as much as 1.4 percent during the morning, and was down 0.7 percent or 73.79 points on the week.

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HONG KONG - Hong Kong shares ended 0.67 percent lower, a pull back from the previous session's 13-month high. The benchmark Hang Seng Index slid 145.06 points to 21,623.45, but ended the week up 2.2 percent or 462.03 points in the third consecutive weekly gain.

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SYDNEY - Australian stocks slipped 0.7 percent, snapping three days of gains as investors booked profits, but could be set to rise again on hopes that a pickup in the global economy could gather pace. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index ended down 21.7 points at 4,693.2. The index still finished the week 2.1 percent or 97.1 points higher.

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JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's rand extended losses against the dollar, shedding as much as one percent as investors retreated from riskier assets, while blue-chip stocks ended lower after strong gains in the week. The All-share index closed at 25,792.05 points, down 128.72 or 0.50 percent, 224.66 points higher on the week. The All Gold index closed at 2,596.59 points, down 56.23 or 2.12 percent, up 52.73 points from last Friday, while the Industrial index closed at 20,253.1 points, up 25.66 or 0.13 percent. The index rose 510.85 points during the week.