Here is how major stock markets outside the United States ended on Friday.
After settlement, Europe's FTSEurofirst 300 index of top shares closed 1.3 points or 0.1 percent up at 1,306.56, amid fresh take-over news around steelmaker Arcelor and bourses Deutsche Boerse and Euronext. However, the benchmark fell 56 points or 4 percent on the week, its biggest weekly percentage fall since March 2003. In the last eight sessions it has lost around 7 percent to trade at a more than three-month low.
The All-share index closed at 20,199.75 points, down 173.58 or 0.85 percent, down 1,581.71 points from seven days ago. The All Gold index closed at 2,748.54 points, down 133.83 or 4.64 percent, a drop of 381.02 points from a week ago, while the Industrial index closed at 13,700.48 points, down 91.34 or 0.66 percent, losing 769.82 points on the week.