Europe's main stock markets ended the year with daily losses on Monday, as London's FTSE 100 index of leading companies gave up 0.47 percent to 5,897.81 points.
For 2012 as a whole however, the index showed a gain of 5.84 percent.
In Paris the CAC 40 fared better, gaining 0.58 percent on Monday to 3,641.07 points, for an annualised gain of more than 12 percent.
The Frankfurt stock exchange was closed on Monday, after posting a gain since January 1 of more than 29 percent, to 7,612.39 points last week.
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