London - Europe's main stock markets slumped Friday as investor worries intensified over the plight of Greece and they took profits after having pushed indices to highs levels, analysts said.
Frankfurt's DAX 30 index tumbled 2.58 percent to 11,688.70 points, while the CAC 40 in Paris slumped 1.55 percent to 5,143.26 points.
London's benchmark FTSE 100 index ended the day down 0.93 percent to 6,994.63 points.
Madrid shed 2.17 percent and Milan 2.40 percent.
"Global equity markets experienced a heavy sell-off during the last trading session of the week as fairly tepid economic data and renewed concerns regarding Greece's debt issues continue to dominate the markets, weighing heavily on market sentiment," said analyst Myrto Sokou at Sucden Financial Research.
With London and Frankfurt recently hitting record highs and Paris touching seven-year peaks, investors had profits to take.
The DAX tumbled 5.6 percent over the week, but was showing a 19.2 percent gain since the start of the year. The FTSE, which slid 1.3 percent over the week, was up 6.5 percent from the start of the year. The CAC is up 20.4 percent this year despite losing 1.9 percent over the past week.
In foreign exchange activity, the European single currency rose to $1.0777 from $1.0761 at the fixing late in New York on Thursday.
AFP
