Here is how major stock markets outside the United States ended on Friday.
Shares in energy majors did not benefit from firm oil prices, however, amid worries that Hurricane Katrina could disrupt offshore crude oil and natural gas production in the Gulf of Mexico. BP, which evacuated some of its workers in the region, suffered a 1.3 percent drop in its shares.
The pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 ended 0.7 percent weaker at 1,163.99, reversing earlier gains of 0.5 percent and pushing the index to its lowest closing level since July 22. This week's 2.6 percent slide left the index 3 percent below a three-year high of 1,199.87 points set on August 10.
The All Gold index closed at 1,631.99, down 10.18 or 0.62 percent, and lower on the week by 82.34 points. The Industrial index closed at 11,381.61, down 43.86 or 0.38 percent, having lost 257.74 points on the week.