Major stock markets outside the United States ended on Friday.
Banks HSBC and Barclays and drug firms GlaxoSmithkline and Sanofi-Aventis figured among the main losers on a day when market volumes totalled about 40 percent of the average of the last 30 days.
The pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index closed down 0.2 percent at 1,506.09 after rising nearly two percent in the past four sessions. With one half-day session set for Monday, Europe's benchmark index is up just 1.5 percent this year, recording its worst annual performance since 2002 when it tumbled over 30 percent.
The All Gold index closed at 2311.56 points, down 46.75 or 1.98 percent, adding 14.73 points in the week. The Industrial index closed at 21091.95 points, down 141.4 or 0.67 percent, but gaining 282.12 points over the week.