Here is how major stock markets outside the United States ended on Friday according to Reuters. LONDON - Britain's leading shares slipped for a second day as British Airways fell after strikes forced the airline to cancel flights and as oil stocks pulled back from recent highs, although the FTSE 100 index still rose for the fourth consecutive week. The FTSE 100 closed at 5345.8 points, down 12.8 or 0.24 percent, but a rise of 31.1 points from last Friday. EUROPE - European shares fell for the second straight day as a sustained rise in crude oil prices renewed profit margin fears and hit auto firms such as Porsche, while chemicals also weakened. Even oil firms BP and Total eased, though they have notched up sharp rises so far this year, the DJ Stoxx oil and gas sector having picked up nearly 33 percent. The pan-European FTSEurofirst index of 300 blue chips closed 0.3 percent down at 1,192.7 points, off Wednesday's three-year high, but still ended the week with a gain of 1.6 percent. --more 2351 Local Time 2051 GMT
