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Monday, November 5, 2012

European shares fall, dollar firms as U.S. election looms

A visitor walks near the logo of the Tokyo Stock Exchange in TokyoLONDON (Reuters) - European shares fell and the dollar firmed on Monday as low-risk assets gained at the start of a week in which the United States elects a new president and Greece faces a make-or-break parliamentary vote. The FTSEurofirst index of top European shares opened down 0.4 percent after ending the previous week at a two-week high. London's FTSE 100 was down 0.4 percent, Paris's CAC-40 was down 0.7 and Frankfurt's DAX was down 0.6 percent. "You don't want to have too much risk ahead of the U.S. ...



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