Closing stock market indices

Major stock markets outside the United States ended on Friday.
EUROPE STOCKS EXCHANGE: European shares pulled back, from an 11-month high reached the previous session, as commodity stocks fell, but Lloyds Banking Group reversed earlier losses on a Goldman Sachs note. Defensive drug makers, which have lagged the rally, emerged as the day's top gainers. The FTSEurofirst 300 of top European shares closed 0.5 percent lower at 1,006.50 points, snapping a three-day winning run but was still up 1.3 percent for the week. The index breached the 1,000 mark on Wednesday for the first time since October 2008.
FRANKFURT STOCKS EXCHANGE: The DAX index ended at 5,703.83 points, down 27.31 or 0.48 percent, up 79.81 points on the week.
PARIS STOCKS EXCHANGE: The CAC-40 index closed at 3,827.84 points, down 7.43 or 0.19 percent, up 92.95 points from a week ago.
ZURICH STOCKS EXCHANGE: The Swiss market index closed at 6,325.15 points, up 7.43 or 0.12 percent. The index gained 92.16 points over the week.
MILAN STOCKS EXCHANGE: The FT IT All Share index closed at 23,964.24 points, down 91.35 or 0.38 percent, adding 460.53 points over the last seven days.
SYDNEY STOCKS EXCHANGE: Australian stocks slipped 0.7 percent, snapping three days of gains as investors booked profits, but could be set to rise again on hopes that a pickup in the global economy could gather pace. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index ended down 21.7 points at 4,693.2. The index still finished the week 2.1 percent or 97.1 points higher.
JOHANNESBURG STOCKS EXCHANGE: South Africa's rand extended losses against the dollar, shedding as much as 1 percent as investors retreated from riskier assets, while blue chip stocks ended lower after strong gains in the week. The All-share index closed at 25,792.05 points, down 128.72 or 0.50 percent, 224.66 points higher on the week. The All Gold index closed at 2,596.59 points, down 56.23 or 2.12 percent, up 52.73 points from last Friday, while the Industrial index closed at 20,253.1 points, up 25.66 or 0.13 percent. The index rose 510.85 points during the week.