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The eurozone's private sector contracted sharply in April and by more than initially thought, a survey says.

The Markit eurozone composite purchasing managers' index (PMI) fell to 46.7 in April from March's 49.2. Any figure below 50 suggests contraction. This is the sharpest fall since October last year, and one of the steepest contractions in almost three years. "Marked declines in new business" and weak manufacturing exports were largely to blame for the falls. Markit said the figures suggested the eurozone economy as a whole contracted at a quarterly rate of 0.5% in April.

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The conservative Spanish government of Mariano Rajoy expects to take direct financial control of at least one of the country's ailing regional governments by May, according to sources in Madrid. With some regional debt already downgraded to junk, senior officials said it would be the regional governments themselves that came to Madrid to beg for help to get through the year.

International lenders are expected to welcome the plans after a series of warnings about the deteriorating state of the Spanish economy. Government borrowing costs jumped above 6% on Monday as foreign investors expressed their growing fears for Rajoy's administration and the prospect of a major default. The rate, or yield, on the country's 10-year government bonds hit 6.1%, the highest since December. Spain's Ibex 35-share index fell to 7245, down from February's 2012-high of 8902.

Across Europe, markets recovered some of the losses from sharp falls last week. The FTSE 100 was up 37 points at 5689 after a drop to 5579 on Wednesday. Worries about Spanish bank loans to the beleaguered construction sector, bankrupt property developers and €50bn (£41.2bn) of outstanding debts in Portugal have unnerved investors.

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Spanish ministers and European Union officials took turns on Tuesday to deny that the country needed an international bailout, in an effort to soothe the bond market.

Investors have taken fright at the size of Spain's budget deficit, the rise in its public debt and the weakness of domestic banks.

Luis de Guindos, the economy minister, ruled out a bailout of the kind already provided to Greece, Ireland and Portugal by the EU and the International Monetary Fund, saying Spain "does not need a rescue at this time".

World stocks slipped from a 2012 high hit earlier in the session while the dollar fell to a four-week low on Tuesday after the Federal Reserve signalled it would keep monetary policy ultra-loose to support growth in the world’s biggest economy.

MSCI’s main global stock index was up 0.36% at 337.15, having earlier hit 338.28, its highest since August last year.

European shares turned negative after tracking Wall St and Asia higher, with the pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index of top shares down 0.2% at 1,086.89 points.

The credit agency announced its decision yesterday, warning that the UK had "very limited fiscal space to absorb further adverse economic shocks in light of such elevated debt levels and a potentially weaker than currently forecast economic recovery".

This move means there is a "slightly greater than 50% chance" that Britain will lose its AAA rating with Fitch in the next two years.

There was better news for Greece, with Fitch upgrading its rating to B- and adding a stable outlook following last week's debt restructuring deal.