European stock markets have ended the week on a quiet note, with the FTSE 100 index in London closing down 26.78 points, or 0.39%, at 6844.51, dragged down by mining stocks such as Anglo American and Rio Tinto. Germany's Dax edged up 4.37 points to 9943.27 while France's CAC lost 10.94 points, or 0.2%, to 4519.57. Spain's Ibex rose nearly 70 points to 10798.7, a 0.6% gain, and Italy's FTSE MIB added 118.36 points, or 0.55%, to 21629.71.

On Wall Street, the Dow Jones was trading down nearly 18 points at 16681.21, a 0.1% fall, while the S&P 500 was flat at 1921.40 and the Nasdaq was also little changed at 4245.92. The dollar slipped against other major currencies as traders tidied up their books at the end of the month, and ahead of next week's European Central Bank meeting.



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