The Dow Jones industrial average dropped 100.90 points, to 10,609.65. The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index fell 12.43 points, to 1,136.03. The Nasdaq Composite Index lost 28.75 points, to 2,287.99. The FTSEurofirst 300 index of top shares closed down 1.1 percent at 1,052.24 points.  The Nikkei fell 127.02 points to 10,855.08. The Topix fell 0.9 percent to 957.55.

Tomorrow, Greek officials are being summoned to Brussels to face a questioning from the European Union over “unreliable” national statistics. According to research from real estate consultancy CB Richard Ellis, in the fourth quarter of last year, European commercial property investment rose to its highest level since the start of the financial crisis.

By Greg Secker

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