Closing stock market indices

Major stock markets outside the United States ended on Friday.
The June non-farm payrolls report showed a rise of 132,000 and contained a number of upward revisions for prior monthly data, which painted a more robust picture of the US labour market and limited gains in the stock market. The FTSEurofirst 300 index of top European shares ended up 0.63 percent at 1,619.83 points.