Major stock markets outside the United States ended on Friday.
The FTSEurofirst 300 index of top European shares ended up 0.8 percent at 859.58 points. But the benchmark index has lost more than 40 percent so far this year as a spreading financial crisis has brought the world economy onto the brink of recession.
The All-share index closed at 19,413.7 points, up 319.04 or 1.67 percent, shedding 616.78 points since last weekend. The All Gold index closed at 1,586.19 points, up 99.18 or 6.67 percent and worse off by 31.77 on the week. While the Industrial index closed at 16,086.3 points, up 215.46 or 1.36 percent, dropping 480.78 points over the week.