The rope ended eight feet off the ground, easily within Kelemvor's reach.

The portfolio of five stocks ended the year off 5.4pc but I predict will end 2012 substantially higher.

The Knights therefore ended the season in 4th position, just one point off the play-off positions.

The Dow ended at 2,858.91, up 3.46 for the day but off 89.36 for the week.

They had earlier ended the regular session at $32.31, just off a year's low and well down from the year's high of $75.81.

The Dow fell 1.2 percent, ending the week off 3.4 percent.

The index ended 6.4 percent off its 1989 high of 485.73.

The teams had a series of matches at house shows, but the feud did not end with a blow off match.

The coach conceded that his team's season didn't end correctly on or off the floor.

The Nikkei 225, an index of larger stocks, ended the week off 6.9 percent, at 30,372.16.