European shares ended a subdued session slightly weaker on Friday, breaking a four-day winning run as transport stocks and airlines including Air France fell after oil climbed to near $50 a barrel. Technology stocks also weighed as some investors in bellwether stocks such as mobile phone company Nokia and semiconductor equipment maker ASML sold following the week's rally. Nokia fell by 1.3 percent and ASML by 2.9 percent. Energy stocks outperformed on the back of crude gains. By 1532 GMT, the FTSE Eurotop 300 index of pan-European blue chips was unofficially closed 0.2 percent weaker at 951.6 points on skimpy turnover of around 1.4 billion euros. After hitting a new 2004 intra-day low on Monday, the Eurotop 300 finished the week 1 percent higher, its second weekly gain since mid-June. The narrower DJ Euro Stoxx 50 index fell 0.2 percent to 2,625.5 points. "At the moment we've got this big macro concern, which is for how long will this economic recovery continue at this pace?," said Stewart Higgins, a European fund manager at Martin Currie in Edinburgh. --More 1949 Local Time 1649 GMT
