Major stock markets outside the United States ended on Friday.

EUROPE STOCKS EXCHANGE: European shares ended lower for the second day in a row, further cooling a rally that has added a third to stock prices in the past ten weeks, as defensives and Swiss stocks weighed.

The FTSEurofirst 300 index of top European shares ended down 0.18 percent at 856 points, having traded up as much as 0.6 percent earlier in the session.

FRANKFURT STOCKS EXCHANGE: The DAX index ended at 4,918.75 points, up 18.08 or 0.37 percent, adding 181.25 points over the week.

PARIS STOCKS EXCHANGE: The CAC-40 index closed at 3,227.97 points, up 10.56 or 0.33 percent, adding 58.92 points since last weekend.

ZURICH STOCKS EXCHANGE: The Swiss market index closed at 5,409.26 points, down 100.01 or 1.82 percent, higher by 58.59 points since last Friday.

MILAN STOCKS EXCHANGE: The All Share Mibtel index closed at 15,801 points, up 93 or 0.59 percent and rising 309 points in the week.

SYDNEY STOCKS EXCHANGE: Stocks fell 1.37 percent with miners including Rio Tinto and energy company Woodside Petroleum succumbing as global demand worries hit the prices of oil and base metals.

The S&P/ASX 200 index fell 52.3 points to 3,761.6, to be down 11.6 points on the week.

JOHANNESBURG STOCKS EXCHANGE: Stocks bounced back, propelled by miners as commodity prices jumped, while the rand briefly touched an 8 month high as the dollar fell.

The All-share index closed at 22,425.54 points, up 409.95 or 1.86 percent, up 720.4 points since last weekend.

The All Gold index closed at 2,669.64 points, up 116.45 or 4.56 percent, adding 11.11 points since last Friday.

The Industrial index closed at 17,311.26 points, up 159.54 or 0.93 percent, rising 400.93 points since May 15.

Copyright Reuters, 2009

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