Closing stock market indices

Major stock markets outside the United States ended on Friday.
Shares of oil companies led the gains as crude oil prices reached $71 a barrel. Total SA added 1.6 percent, while Royal Dutch Shell rose 1.5 percent and Statoil ASA gained 2.2 percent.
The pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index closed 0.6 percent higher, at 1,605.33 points. The benchmark index finished the first half of the year with a gain of 8.2 percent, versus a gain of 3 percent during the first half of 2006.
The All Gold index closed at 2,469.84 points, down 11.96 or 0.48 percent, dropping 127.01 points in the week. The Industrial index closed at 19,521.76 points, up 42.24 or 0.22 percent, worse off by 184.7 points than last week.