Closing stock market indices

Here is how major stock markets outside the United States ended on Friday.
EUROPE STOCKS EXCHANGE: European shares ended lower as investors booked profits on recent climbers such as Cable & Wireless after a sharp rise in US consumer prices fuelled speculation interest rates may rise sooner than expected.
Shares in the UK telecoms company and French heavy engineering firm Alstom fell about four percent and six percent respectively as brokers said the stocks looked fully valued after recent gains.
But heavily-weighted oil stocks including Shell and Total lent support as worries about supplies pushed oil prices within a whisker of 11-month highs.
The FTSE Eurotop 300 index of pan-European blue chips ended 0.7 percent weaker at 1,010.54 points, slightly below a fresh 19-month high of 1,017.37 points set earlier in the session.
FRANKFURT STOCKS EXCHANGE: The DAX index ended at 4073.35 points, down 68.18 or 1.65 percent, but 16.30 points ahead from last Friday.
PARIS STOCKS EXCHANGE: The CAC-40 index closed at 3733.28 points, down 26.04 or 0.69 percent, but up on the week by 83.94 points.
ZURICH STOCKS EXCHANGE: The Swiss market index closed at 5856.5 points, down 18.1 or 0.31 percent, just 7.4 points up on the week.
MILAN STOCKS EXCHANGE: The All Share Mibtel index closed at 20654 points, down 137 or 0.66 percent, but adding 156 points on the week.
SYDNEY STOCKS EXCHANGE: The Australian share market slipped lower in lacklustre trade, as traders digested a barrage of profit reports.
The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index lost 7.0 points or 0.2 percent to 3,344.1, rising 10.4 from February 13.
JOHANNESBURG STOCKS EXCHANGE: Mining giant BHP Billiton hit a 23-month high, cheered by this week's strong results and positive outlook, and helped neutralise losses in the broader Johannesburg bourse.
The All-share index closed at 10983.91 points, down 35.28 or 0.32 percent on the day but up on the week by 158.55 points.
The All Gold index closed at 2318.5 points, down 23.46 or 1.00 percent, having lost 110.91 points since last weekend.
The Industrial index closed at 7231.12 points, up 6.93 or 0.10 percent, and better off since last Friday by 107.54 points.
BOMBAY STOCKS EXCHANGE: Indian stocks closed off their early sharp lows Friday in volatile trading as investors continued selling blue chips to invest in a slew of new public offers, dealers said.
The BSE-30 share Sensex shed 4.38 points or 0.07 percent to close at 5,850.72. The index was on a roller-coaster ride Friday trading between a high of 5,893.62 and low of 5,770.87.