Here is how major stock markets outside the United States ended on Friday.
Anglo-Swedish drugs group AstraZeneca lent support as it rallied 2.5 percent on hopes its new anticoagulant drug will win backing from a US regulatory panel next week, while spirits group Allied Domecq rose 2 percent after promising strong growth in annual earnings.
The FTSE Eurotop 300 index of pan-European blue chips closed 0.8 percent firmer at 989.2 points, up almost 5 percent from the 2004 low it hit in mid-August.
The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index closed down 0.37 percent, or 13.2 points, to 3,577.3, up 18.4 points from last Friday.
The All-share index closed at 11,223.91 points, up 71.72 or 0.64 percent, up 60.56 points from seven days ago.
The All Gold index closed at 1,905.31 points, down 19.77 or 1.03 percent, down 80.15 from last Friday.
The Industrial index closed at 7,846.19 points, up 58.65 or 0.75 percent, up 125.47 points since August 27.