Closing stock market indices

Here is how major stock markets outside the United States ended on Friday.
EUROPE STOCK EXCHANGE: European shares handed back Friday's early gains to end in negative territory as the US fears spooked investors, with resource stocks and car makers dragging the market down. Take-over activity continued at a healthy pace, with Spain's Ferrovial falling after it launched a hostile bid for Britain's BAA, while UK bank Barclays rose on bid speculation.
The pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index of 300 leading shares closed down 0.44 percent at 1,375.73 points after earlier pushing to a fresh near five-year high.
FRANKFURT STOCK EXCHANGE: The DAX index ended at 5952.92 points, down 78.47 or 1.30 percent on the day and shedding 17.15 on the week.
PARIS STOCK EXCHANGE: The CAC-40 index closed at 5174.96 points, down 47.4 or 0.91 percent, losing 45.89 on the week.
ZURICH STOCK EXCHANGE: The Swiss market index closed at 8105.19 points, up 2.85 or 0.04 percent, gaining 81.89 points since last Friday.
MILAN STOCK EXCHANGE: The All Share Mibtel index closed at 29480 points, down 283 or 0.95 percent, but up by 171 points in the week.
SYDNEY STOCK EXCHANGE: Australian shares paused for breath, after a string of record peaks earlier this week, but the world's second-biggest explosives maker Dyno Nobel shone on its stock market debut. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 Index ended down 6.0 points, or 0.11 percent, at 5,232.9, adding 103.2 points since last week.
JOHANNESBURG STOCK EXCHANGE: Gold and platinum shares weakened the South African bourse as resource stocks tumbled on the back of a resurgent dollar, with Anglo American and BHP Billiton also hurt by profit taking.
The All-Share index slipped 0.15 percent or 31.36 points to end at 20,599.91, but ahead on the week by 248.17 points. The All Gold index closed at 2833.75 points, down 52.98 or 1.84 percent on the day and losing 37.43 on the week. The Industrial index closed at 14366.51 points, up 99.13 or 0.69 percent, and 13.28 higher than last weekend.