Here is how major stock markets outside the United States ended on Friday.
Economy-sensitive media, retail and cyclicals stocks slipped as a US government report showed US employers added just 21,000 workers to their payrolls last month - the market had forecast 125,000 - fuelling fears that job insecurity could curb US consumer spending, the linchpin of the economic recovery.
The FTSE Eurotop 300 index of pan-European blue chips closed 0.4 percent lower at around 1,022.7 points, below the session's near 20-month high of 1,027.65 but still 1.4 percent higher than at the start of the week.
The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index closed up 18.5 points, or 0.55 percent, at 3,407.5, a level not seen since May 2002 and better off by 46.9 points since last Friday.
The All Gold index closed at 2,353.51 points, up 36.53 or 1.58 percent and up on the week by 79.01.
The Industrial index closed at 7,395.44 points, down 21.19 or 0.29 percent but up 202.99 since last Fridays close.