Major stock markets outside the United States ended on Friday.
The pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index of top shares fell 2.1 percent to 972.10 points, the lowest close since early November of last year. Over the week, the index fell 3.9 percent, its biggest weekly fall since last March. It is down 9.5 percent from the 15-month high it hit on January 11.