LIVE MARKETS-European shares subdued, set for weekly gain

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EUROPEAN SHARES SUBDUED, SET FOR WEEKLY GAIN

Major European equity indexes are relatively motionless on Friday with markets looking like they're ready to wind down for the holiday period.

The STOXX 600 .STOXX is up less than 0.1% on Friday, taking its weekly gain to 1.3% in the last full trading week of 2025. Breadth is neutral with the number of advancing stocks largely matching the number of declining shares.

Major bourses in Frankfurt .GDAXI, Paris .FCHI and London .FTSE are also close to unchanged.

Shares in WH Smith SMWH.L, the British retailer that has been beset with issues through 2025, are down 3.2% after the UK's financial regulator said it was investigating the company over accounting failures. Shares have dropped over 40% this year.

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(Samuel Indyk)

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