(Sharecast News) - European stocks closed lower on Friday as a major technical outage involving Microsoft hit businesses around the world, while weaker-than-expected UK retail sales also hit sentiment.
The pan-regional Stoxx 600 index finished the week 0.78% lower to 510.02, with all major bourses in the red.

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