The DAX index ended at 4937.33 points, down 16.6 or 0.34 percent but up 110.15 on the week. PARIS - The CAC-40 index closed at 4476.48 points, down 32.62 or 0.72 percent but up 54.78 points since last Friday. ZURICH - The Swiss market index closed at 6647.55 points, down 32.99 or 0.49 percent but up 39.86 in the last week. MILAN - The All Share Mibtel index closed at 25831 points, down 91 or 0.35 percent but gaining 282 points since last Friday. TOKYO - The Nikkei average ended down 0.01 percent, a touch off the previous day's four-year high as weaker-than-expected GDP and a higher yen prompted selling in JFE Holdings and other recent gainers. The Nikkei edged down 1.64 points at 12,261.68. The index gained 4.21 percent, or 495.2 points, on the week, the biggest weekly gain since March 2004. HONG KONG - Hong Kong blue-chip stocks finished flat as investors paused for breath after a recent earnings-inspired rally. The blue-chip Hang Seng Index rose 0.04 percent, or 5.75 points, to close at 15,450.95. The index rose 2.66 percent, or 399.63 points, over the course of the week, tapping fresh four-and-a-half year highs and extending its gains to 8.6 percent so far this year. SYDNEY - Australian shares climbed to a new closing high for the fifth straight day, led by the world's largest miner BHP Billiton, but the nation's top phone company Telstra Corp extended losses on its downbeat outlook. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index added 9.0 points, or 0.2 percent, to end at 4,469.2. The index gained 91.9 points since last weekend. JOHANNESBURG - Resource stocks lifted the South African bourse buoyed by the surge in commodity prices and the end to crippling strike by gold miners, but banks and industrials fell on interest rates disappointment. The All-share index closed at 15775.9 points, up 66.12 or 0.42 percent and up on the week by 311.53. The All Gold index closed at 1708.73 points, up 70.95 or 4.33 percent, and up 42.7 on the week. The Industrial index closed at 11489.68 points, down 25.89 or 0.22 percent but up by 29.78 points since last Friday.
