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Britain's FTSE 100 lost early gains to close 0.7 percent lower.

Building materials group CRH lost earlier gains to close down 15p at £17.60.

Rival Pendragon, however, gave up early gains to close down 0.25p at 29.5p.

In the wider market, leading shares surrendered early gains to close little changed.

Among the energy companies, Tullow Oil lost all its gains to close down 17.2p points lower at 407p.

Crude oil prices reversed their gains to close down 15 cents, at $70.47 a barrel in New York trading.

The Standard & Poor's 500-stock inderasedsed its earlier gain to close near its low.

Overall, the FTSE 100 reversed an early gain to close 33.34 points lower at 5629.09.

It was up nearly 1percentt in the afternoon before paring that gain to close up 0.5percentto to 1,315.48 points.

In early trading, AT&T's shares rose nearly 4percentto to about $26.21, but gave up most of the gain to close at $25.40.

While news of Monday's deals initially lifted its stock, the shares quickly wiped out their gain to close down 2.95percentt, at $53.90, in a holiday-shortened session.