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Wall Street Journal: European stocks close lower on new Ukraine worries

Published Aug. 23, 2014 at 12:57 pm

Flags of Europe, France, Russia, Ukraine and Germany are pictured during talks between the Foreign Ministers of Germany, France, Russia and Ukraine at the Federal Foreign Office in Berlin on July 2, 2014. The Foreign Ministers of Ukraine, Russia, Germany and France agreed that new ceasefire talks involving the OSCE should start no later than July 5, 2014 on crisis-torn Ukraine.

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European stocks fell Friday as fresh signs of escalation to the conflict in Ukraine rattled investors' nerves.

The Stoxx Europe 600 fell sharply after a controversial Russian aid convoy passed into Ukrainian territory Friday morning, and closed the session down 0.2 percent. Kyiv said it viewed the movement of the convoy across the border as an act of aggression.