Closing stock market indices

Here is how major stock markets outside the United States ended on Friday.
EUROPE STOCKS EXCHANGE: European shares fell more than 2 percent after soft US jobs data and near-record oil prices fuelled fears the economic recovery was faltering, but bid talk lifted British bank Barclays.
Stocks fell sharply after figures showed US employers added a paltry 32,000 workers to payrolls last month, far less than the 228,000 expected by Wall Street economists.
The FTSE Eurotop 300 index of pan-European blue chips ended 2.2 percent lower at 955.5 points, its lowest close this year.
FRANKFURT STOCKS EXCHANGE: The DAX index ended at 3727.74 points, down 101.29 or 2.65 percent, and losing 167.87 in the week.
PARIS STOCKS EXCHANGE: The CAC-40 index closed at 3528.64 points, down 94.34 or 2.60 percent, having lost 118.46 points since last Friday.
ZURICH STOCKS EXCHANGE: The Swiss market index closed at 5403.1 points, down 112.1 or 2.03 percent, and down 144.1 over the week.
MILAN STOCKS EXCHANGE: The All Share Mibtel index closed at 20151 points, down 333 or 1.63 percent, shedding 594 points in the week.
SYDNEY STOCKS EXCHANGE: Australian stocks fell for a third straight session, after another poor performance by Rupert Murdoch's media conglomerate News Corp in the wake of a sharp drop on Wall Street.
The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index shed 0.2 percent or 8.3 points to 3,530.6, down 5.5 from July 30.
JOHANNESBURG STOCKS EXCHANGE: South African stocks tumbled two percent, giving up all their week's gains, slammed by a brawny rand and profit-taking ahead of a long weekend.
The All-share index closed at 10227.51 points, down 191.98 or 1.84 percent on the day and worse off over the week by 78.38 points.
The All Gold index closed at 1682.87 points, down 14.32 or 0.84 percent, but marginally up on the week by 1.79 points.
The Industrial index closed at 7281.36 points, down 98.92 or 1.34 percent, having lost 45.71 points since last Friday.