Here is how major stock markets outside the United States ended on Friday.
Iberia rose 1.3 percent on renewed market rumours about a possible bid by British Airways, while UK property firm Hammerson also gained 2.6 percent on resurging bid speculation. Shares in Anglo-Dutch steelmaker Corus, which has gained 30 percent in the past six weeks, failed to sustain its prolonged take-over-fuelled rally.