Here is how major stock markets outside the United States ended on Friday. LONDON - London shares slumped to close slightly down on the week after early gains were sapped by high oil prices, but speculation that an Iceland-based airline was buying easyJet stock, confirmed after the market closed, sent the budget airline's stock soaring as much as 20 percent.The FTSE 100 closed at 4,615.4 points, down 2 or 0.04 percent, losing 7.3 points on the week. EUROPE - European shares closed flat as investors struggled to drum up enthusiasm for a market hamstrung by mixed corporate earnings, a wobbly dollar and record high oil prices. Insurers such as Aviva, Allianz, Axa and ING Groep fared well as the sector bounced from a trouncing earlier in the week on news of a U.S. probe into the industry's business practices. But Swedish telecom equipment maker Ericsson slid 7.6 percent to 20.8 Swedish crowns as investors looked past a good set of third-quarter results to its comment that market growth would slow next year. FRANKFURT - The DAX index ended at 3,935.14 points, up 1.08 or 0.03 percent, up 13.03 points from a week ago. --More 0014 Local Time 2114 GMT
