Closing stock market indices

Major stock markets outside the United States ended on Friday.
EUROPE STOCK EXCHANGE: European shares ended sharply higher, lifted by a rebound in financial stocks on the prospect that US investment bank Lehman Brothers might be bought, while oil eased below $118 a barrel. Influential US investor Warren Buffett also boosted sentiment by saying that stocks looked more attractive now than they did a year ago. The pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index ended up 1.8 percent at 1,175.79, ending some 1.3 percent down on the week.
FRANKFURT STOCK EXCHANGE: The DAX index ended at 6342.42 points, up 105.46 or 1.69 percent on the day, but down 103.6 points on the week.
PARIS STOCK EXCHANGE: The CAC-40 index closed at 4400.45 points, up 95.84 or 2.23 percent, but losing 53.17 points since last weekend.
ZURICH STOCK EXCHANGE: The Swiss market index closed at 7094.12 points, up 93.59 or 1.34 percent, but shedding 141.81 points since last Friday.
MILAN STOCK EXCHANGE: The All Share Mibtel index closed at 21681 points, up 254 or 1.19 percent. The index lost 423 points over the week.
SYDNEY STOCK EXCHANGE: Shares rose 1.15 percent, helped by a bounce in financial firms and rises in resources stocks such as BHP Billiton, with the gain pointing to possible better times ahead. The S&P/ASX 200 index gained 56.2 points to 4,931.4. For the week the index lost 50.3 points.
JOHANNESBURG STOCK EXCHANGE: South Africa's blue chip index closed slightly higher as gains in financial and platinum stocks offset weakness in gold stocks, while the rand was little moved against the dollar in quiet trade. The All-Share index rose 0.36 percent to 27,161.34 points, ditching 85.29 points from a week ago.
The All Gold index closed at 1749.49 points, down 19.98 or 1.13 percent, but rising 8.80 points since last weekend. The Industrial index closed at 18888.35 points, up 174.42 or 0.93 percent on the day but losing 673.31 points over the last week of trading.
HONG KONG STOCK EXCHANGE: Trading in Hong Kong's financial markets were cancelled for the entire day due to a severe tropical storm warning, according to Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing. On Thursday, the Hang Seng Index closed 539.20 points lower at 20,392.06 and has lost 768.52 since last weekend.