Major stock markets outside the United States ended on Friday.
Stocks also got support from slightly higher-than-expected US monthly jobs figures that eased fears of a sharp slowdown in the US economy but not so much to change expectations for a rate cut by the Federal Reserve next week. The FTSEurofirst 300 index of top European shares closed 0.6 percent higher at 1,538.51 points. The index, up 3.6 percent on the year, finished the week with a gain of 11.91 points.