Article updated: 11/27/2012 7:57 AM

Stocks end lower after a strong week

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A European Union flag billows in the wind as the Parthenon temple is seen in the background on the Acropolis in Athens Monday. The ministers of the 17 countries that use the euro met in Brussels Monday to settle on Greece's next rescue loan installment.

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Wall Street came back to work after the Thanksgiving weekend and faced leftover worries about the "fiscal cliff" and the European debt crisis. Stocks retreated after one of their best weeks of the year.