Closing stock market indices

Major stock markets outside the United States ended on Friday.
EUROPE STOCK EXCHANGE: European shares ended higher in a choppy session, tracking gains on Wall Street, with energy and pharmaceutical stocks the biggest leaders. The FTSEurofirst 300 index of top European shares closed up 1.8 percent at 914.63, losing 14.18 since last Friday.
Stocks recovered from earlier lows as investors shrugged aside weak US jobs data which showed US employers cut payrolls by 240,000 in October, much more severely than expected, while September registered the biggest monthly loss in jobs in nearly seven years.
FRANKFURT STOCK EXCHANGE: The DAX index ended at 4938.46 points, up 124.89 or 2.59 percent, ditching 49.51 points since last weekend.
PARIS STOCK EXCHANGE: The CAC-40 index closed at 3469.12 points, up 81.87 or 2.42 percent, but shedding 17.95 on the week.
ZURICH STOCK EXCHANGE: The Swiss market index closed at 6008.16 points, up 83.26 or 1.41 percent on the day, but 145.05 poorer since last Friday.
MILAN STOCK EXCHANGE: The All Share Mibtel index closed at 16943 points, up 228 or 1.36 percent, gaining 439 points over the week.
SYDNEY STOCK EXCHANGE: Australian shares fell 2.4 percent after the International Monetary Fund warned the world's developed economies are headed for the first full-year contraction since World War II. The S&P/ASX 200 index lost 98.4 points to close at 4,051.3, up 33.3 points from last Friday.
JOHANNESBURG STOCK EXCHANGE: South Africa's rand firmed against the dollar, but ended the week 4 percent weaker as persistent worries over the global economy continued to stifle risk appetite and hit stocks.
The All-Share index closed 0.47 percent lower at 20,030.48 points, shedding 961.24 since last weekend. The All Gold index closed at 1617.96 points, down 64.35 or 3.83 percent, and worse off by 71.42 on the week. The Industrial index closed at 16567.08 points, down 93.02 or 0.56 percent, dropping 708.05 points over the week.