Germany's DAX index rose 0.9% to 7144.45, while France's CAC-40 index finished 0.4% higher at 3580.21.
The Frankfurt Stock Exchange's DAX index jumped more than 10% between Dec. 21 and Jan. 19.
Britain's FTSE 100 lost 0.3%, Germany's DAX index dropped 1.0%, and France's CAC-40 fell 0.6%.
The Dax index in Frankfurt and the FTSE 100 in London each fell more than 4%.
In Europe, Germany's benchmark DAX index sunk a significant 10.8%, while France's CAC40 fell 10.0%.
Frankfurt's Dax index closed 1.2% lower, while the Cac-40 index in Paris lost 1.3%.
In Europe, Germany's main DAX index touched a record of 8, 195, bouyed by surprisingly strong industrial orders.
The ZEW economic-sentiment indicator dropped more than expected in April, helping send Germany's DAX index down 0.4%.
The mid-week rebound in reaction to a sharp rally in the German Dax index created another good selling opportunity.
The DAX index fell 1.3% to 5, 918 and the Dow Jones EURO STOXX 50 fell 0.5% to 2, 312.
The chart of the German Dax Index reveals that it just broke its uptrend (line b) on Friday.
The German DAX index gained 0.9%, to 6801.32, rising 0.8% for the week.
Deutsche Telekom's falling share price has weighed on Germany's benchmark Dax index, itself suffering from the global market meltdown.
European markets gained, with the Stoxx Europe 600 up 0.9%, Germany's DAX index adding 1.8% and France's CAC-40 rising 1.4%.
Not a single one on France's CAC 40 share index or on Germany's DAX index is run by a woman.
Earlier, the major European markets had also closed down on Monday, with Germany's Dax index down 2.22% and France's Cac down 2.6%.
In late morning trading, Germany's Dax index was down 1.7%, while both France's Cac and the UK's FTSE 100 were 1.1% lower.
The German stock market, as measured by the DAX index, soared on Friday by 4% and Italian stocks climbed by more than 6%.
From around DM35 a share in early 1993, Veba's stock soared to over DM130 early this year, handily outpacing the DAX index (see chart).
Note too the fresh near-five-year high for the DAX index on the threshold of renewed recession and notwithstanding the weekend theatrics in Rome.
In Paris the benchmark Cac 40 index was 101 points lower at 6, 094.2 and Germany's key Xetra Dax index ended 76 points down at 6, 912.9.
Germany's DAX index climbed 1% and gained 0.9% for the week.
Europe's markets finished broadly lower, as Germany's DAX index fell 0.6%.
In afternoon trading, the FTSE 100 index of leading British shares rose 4.56 percent, Germany's DAX index jumped 8.66 percent, and France's CAC-40 rose 3.15 percent.
Last year, 10% of the 30 companies that make up Frankfurt's DAX index, Germany's equivalent to the Dow Jones Industrials, offered some kind of long-term incentives.
With most markets returning from the May Day holiday, the German DAX index fell 0.8% after being up as much as 1.7% earlier in the day.
In Germany the DAX index opened up 1% to 6, 059.
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But, since 2000 its DAX Index displays two necklace formations.
The Stoxx Europe 600 reversed earlier declines to finish with a 0.4% gain, while Germany's DAX index rose 0.7% to close at a record, despite a disappointing reading of German economic expectations.
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