AFP - Europe's main stock markets advanced Thursday, with London reaching 21-month peaks, as investors eyed a two-day EU summit that will focus on the Greek debt crisis, dealers said.

AFP - The euro strengthened against the dollar on Friday but European stock markets fell in a mixed and cautious reaction to an unprecedented EU plan to rescue Greece from its debt crisis.

AP - The euro rebounded from a 10-month low on Friday but European stocks dropped, as markets gave an initially lukewarm response to the eurozone's bailout program for Greece, which would extend loans only as a last resort and involve the International Monetary Fund.

Reuters - The Dow and S&P ended flat on Friday, giving back earlier gains after the sinking of a South Korean naval ship, while tech shares' weakness kept the Nasdaq in slightly negative territory.