economy showing improviement. it was the first positive improvement in the last three months. economists had hoped for more growth. recovery is not strong enough to impact the brutal levels of joblessness. 40 million americans remain looking for work. >> stock markets closed lower, and getting up early gains with the italian banks. steep losses for the third quarter. we wrap the day in frankfurt. >> there was a lot of involvement in greece, and it is expensive. it incurred a quarterly loss because of that, a surprisingly big one. and that is the tough luck, also, going down because people were disappointed of the outcome of the g-20 summit in cannes. the result of fearing for greece referendum, yes, no, the fate of the government up in the air at the end of this week. the only big swing this week was the central bank in europe, the ecb lowering interest rates. >> let's get a look at the numbers in frankfurt, the blue- chip closed down. the u.s. also deep in negative territory. euro trading at $1.7771. >> of unusual experiment in simulating a mission to mars has ended in moscow