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Another indicator, the commission's consumer confidence gauge, declined to minus 18 from minus 15 in April.

The gauge declined to 55.1 in August, from 56.7 in the previous month, said Markit Economics, which is based in London, adding that activity remained especially subdued in Greece, Spain and Italy.

Reflecting continuing worries, consumers' assessment of the 12-month economic outlook fell, with that gauge declining to 61 in June from 75 in May.

Other stock market gauges declined.

The other main gauges declined as well, but not as much as the Nasdaq.

All three of the major market gauges declined, with the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index and the Dow Jones industrial average posting their biggest weekly losses in two months, according to Bloomberg News.

But in contrast to Tuesday's action, the other main gauges declined as well, with the loss of the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index -- a widely used benchmark for the market as a whole -- reaching 10percentt for the year.

Broader gauges also declined.

[C11.] 3 Main Stock Gauges Decline The Dow Jones industrial average closed down 19.34 points, or 0.2percentt, at 10,022.82.

[C25.] Dow Rises as Other Gauges Decline Stocks ended mixed in subdued trading, with blue chips pulling ahead and technology issues slipping.

Ms. Mekhennet explained that she had been sick and a man appeared with a blood-pressure gauge, but she declined the offer.