Closing stock market indices

Here is how major stock markets outside the United States ended on Friday.
EUROPE STOCK EXCHANGE: European shares closed slightly higher but suffered their worst weekly points drop since July 2002, as worries over inflation, rising global interest rates and falling commodity prices dogged equities.
After settlement, Europe's FTSEurofirst 300 index of top shares closed 1.3 points or 0.1 percent up at 1,306.56, amid fresh take-over news around steelmaker Arcelor and bourses Deutsche Boerse and Euronext. However, the benchmark fell 56 points or 4 percent on the week, its biggest weekly percentage fall since March 2003. In the last eight sessions it has lost around 7 percent to trade at a more than three-month low.
FRANKFURT STOCK EXCHANGE: The DAX index ended at 5,672.28 points, up 6.21 or 0.11 percent, a fall of 244 points since last Friday.
PARIS STOCK EXCHANGE: The CAC-40 index closed at 4,944.57 points, up 35.88 or 0.73 percent, 205.88 points lower on the week.
ZURICH STOCK EXCHANGE: The Swiss market index closed at 7,614.25 points, up 11.95 or 0.16 percent. The index lost 339.85 points over the week.
MILAN STOCK EXCHANGE: The All Share Mibtel index closed at 28,045 points, up 51 or 0.18 percent, down 1,336 points since May 12.
SYDNEY STOCK EXCHANGE: Shares lost 0.36 percent as inflation and interest rate worries in the United States saw investors pare exposure to globally-exposed companies such as Rinker Group and BHP Billiton. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 shed 18.4 points to 5,100.9, its lowest close since March 29. The index, which scaled a new peak last week, fell 228.6 points on the week - its biggest weekly fall in seven months.
JOHANNESBURG STOCK EXCHANGE: Gold miners dragged the South African bourse lower as the yellow metal lost some ground in Europe, while smaller miner Western glittered after Gold Fields raised its stake in the firm.
The All-share index closed at 20,199.75 points, down 173.58 or 0.85 percent, down 1,581.71 points from seven days ago. The All Gold index closed at 2,748.54 points, down 133.83 or 4.64 percent, a drop of 381.02 points from a week ago, while the Industrial index closed at 13,700.48 points, down 91.34 or 0.66 percent, losing 769.82 points on the week.