Here is how major stock markets outside the United States ended on Friday.
Miners were a weak spot as investors locked in their profits on stocks such as BHP Billiton and Anglo American amid signs demand may soon peak, while Prudential led insurers lower on renewed questions around the cost of its guarantees on life policies sold in Taiwan.
The pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index shed 0.42 percent to end at 1,207.24 points, after better-than-expected US jobs data added to the belief among investors that the Federal Reserve had no reason to stop monetary tightening anytime soon.