Major stock markets outside the United States ended on Friday.
Stocks recovered from earlier lows as investors shrugged aside weak US jobs data which showed US employers cut payrolls by 240,000 in October, much more severely than expected, while September registered the biggest monthly loss in jobs in nearly seven years.
The All-Share index closed 0.47 percent lower at 20,030.48 points, shedding 961.24 since last weekend. The All Gold index closed at 1617.96 points, down 64.35 or 3.83 percent, and worse off by 71.42 on the week. The Industrial index closed at 16567.08 points, down 93.02 or 0.56 percent, dropping 708.05 points over the week.