Here is how major stock markets outside the United States ended on Friday.
Standout performers included Dutch retailer Ahold, up 3.75 percent after it agreed to sell its Deli XL food service unit, completing a series of asset sales planned since 2003.
The pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index ended 0.16 percent lower at 1,163.6 points, just off a three-year high hit on Thursday. The index rose 1 percent this week, scoring its ninth straight week of gains, fuelled by robust corporate earnings growth.