Here is how major stock markets outside the United States ended on Friday.
Britain's Hilton Group surged after announcing that US-based Hilton Hotels Corp was in talks to buy its hotels in a deal that could be worth 3.6 billion pounds ($6.3 billion).
The news lifted the travel and leisure sector, with Intercontinental Hotels also among the region's top gainers. The pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index closed up 0.2 percent at 1,195.01 points, ending the week around 1 percent lower.
The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index fell 24.9 points, or 0.56 percent, to 4,406.1, its lowest close since August 29. The index fell 34.5 points or 0.8 percent on the week.
The All Gold index closed at 2,034.46 points, down 30.83 or 1.49 percent, falling 114.71 from last Friday's close. The Industrial index closed at 11,454.55 points, down 189.03 or 1.62 percent and 375.31 points worse off than last Friday.