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Last Update: 12:31 PM EDT September 11 2006

European markets finished mostly in the negative, pressured by weakness among resource stocks as crude oil and gold prices moved steeply down. Resource companies like BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto slipped over 4%. London FTSE 100 closed down 0.5%, the French CAC 40 fell 0.3%, while the German DAX reversed earlier losses to add 0.1%.