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Key fallers included financial stocks, with sentiment knocked by reports that profits at Dresdner's investment banking decision declined by 25 per cent last year. Retail stocks were also hit over worries that slowing consumer spending would dent profits. Shares in Metro AG, Europe's biggest retailer, fell 4.04 euros to 67.7 following a series of broker downgrades.
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