Here is how major stock markets outside the United States ended on Friday.
Even oil firms BP and Total eased, though they have notched up sharp rises so far this year, the DJ Stoxx oil and gas sector having picked up nearly 33 percent. The pan-European FTSEurofirst index of 300 blue chips closed 0.3 percent down at 1,192.7 points, off Wednesday's three-year high, but still ended the week with a gain of 1.6 percent.
The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index added 9.0 points, or 0.2 percent, to end at 4,469.2. The index gained 91.9 points since last weekend.
The All Gold index closed at 1708.73 points, up 70.95 or 4.33 percent, and up 42.7 on the week. The Industrial index closed at 11489.68 points, down 25.89 or 0.22 percent but up by 29.78 points since last Friday.