Here is how major stock markets outside the United States ended on Friday.
BT jumped 6 percent on a newspaper report that the fixed-line telecoms company would attract a 20 billion pound bid from private equity firms. Telecom Italia also rose 1.9 percent. The pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index ended down 0.06 percent at a close of 1,342.43 points.
The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 Index fell 5.3 points, or 0.11 percent, to close at 4,898.5, up 5.1 points from last Friday.
The All Gold index closed at 2692.92 points, down 7.71 or 0.29 percent, shedding 135.37 points since last weekend. The Industrial index closed at 13670.81 points, down 156.29 or 1.13 percent on the day, and worse off by 160.93 points over the week.