European shares extend losses; banks, oils fall

LONDON, Nov 20 - European shares extended losses on Friday after banking stocks turned lower and energy stocks retreated as crude <CLc1> prices slipped.

By 1148 GMT, the pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 <.FTEU3> index of top shares was down 0.6 percent at 1,004.51 points in a choppy session, having been up as much as 1,016.51 earlier.

Banks were the worst performers on the index. UBS <UBSN.VX>, Societe Generale <SOGN.PA> and Barclays <BARC.L> fell 1.7 to 2.3 percent.