The GFK market research group said its consumer sentiment index fell to a two-year low in December at 4.3, down from 4.9 in November.

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Still, the market also got a weaker-than-forecast economic report from Germany, as the ZEW sentiment index fell to minus 25.5 in August from minus 19.6 in July.

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