Here is how major stock markets outside the United States ended on Friday, according to Reuters. LONDON - Britain's top share index closed higher to end the week 2.2 percent stronger. Broad bid talk boosted stocks such as Barclays, but concerns about the U.S. economy held back gains. The FTSE 100 closed at 6152.4 points, up 20.9 or 0.34 percent on the day, and gaining 130.9 points over the week. EUROPE - European shares finished marginally higher as takeover talk lifted stocks such as Barclays Bank while miners, notably BHL Billiton, fell after a sector downgrade. A mixed bag of U.S. economic data prompted leading stock market indexes on both sides of the Atlantic to bounce in and out of positive territory late in the European day, with the U.S. benchmark S&P 500 gauge up 0.35 percent at the end of the European trading week. The FTSEurofirst 300 index of top European shares closed with a gain of 0.09 percent at 1,449.14 points, retreating from its near two-week closing high on Thursday. It remains about 13.5 percent higher for the year. FRANKFURT - The DAX index ended at 6427.41 points, up 14.38 or 0.22 percent, and picking up 186.28 points since last Friday. PARIS - The CAC-40 index closed at 5384.16 points, up 4.95 or 0.09 percent, and 130.11 points higher since last weekend. ZURICH - The Swiss market index closed at 8540.87 points, down 30.04 or 0.35 percent, but adding 120.54 points in the week. MILAN - The All Share Mibtel index closed at 31275 points, up 29 or 0.09 percent on the day, and rising 494 points in the week. TOKYO - The Nikkei fell 0.34 percent as weaker-than-expected machinery orders data hit machinery stocks such as Fanuc, while Sanyo Electric dropped on a cellphone battery recall. The Nikkei gave up 55.54 points to close at 16,417.82, after booking a six-week closing high on Thursday. On the week, the benchmark added 96.04 points. HONG KONG - Stocks slid 0.55 percent amid caution ahead of key U.S. jobs data, as exporter Li & Fung fell 3.2 percent due to disappointing sales estimates in the U.S. and China Mobile weighed. The benchmark Hang Seng index fell 103 points to close at 18,739.99, extending Thursday's slide of 0.96 percent, which ended three straight days of gains. Over the week the index gained 49.17 points. SYDNEY - Shares fell 0.72 percent, weighed down by miners, but high dividend yielding stocks such as Telstra benefitted as investors shifted out mining stocks. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 Index lost 39.4 points to end at 5,425.8, a slight loss of 2.1 points for the week. JOHANNESBURG - Losses in index heavyweight mining stocks BHP Billiton and Anglo American on the back of weak metals prices and a broker downgrade helped push the South African bourse into negative territory. The All-share index closed at 23760.59 points, down 96 or 0.40 percent, shedding 310.33 points over the week. The All Gold index closed at 2912.12 points, up 25.77 or 0.89 percent, but dropping 163.40 in the week. The Industrial index closed at 16448.11 points, down 13.1 or 0.08 percent, losing 160.56 points since last weekend.
