Closing Stock Market Indices Outside The U.S.

Here is how major stock markets outside the United States ended on Friday.

LONDON - Britain's top share index closed 2.7 percent lower, with energy stocks and miners the heaviest losers as the sharpest monthly jobs fall in the U.S. since 1974 highlighted the bleak demand outlook for commodities.


The FTSE 100 closed 114.24 points lower at 4,049.37. The index is down 238.64 points or 5.6 percent this week, and 37.3 percent this year.


EUROPE - European stocks slid more than 4 percent, as investors on both sides of the Atlantic reeled at grim U.S. unemployment data, and with oils and bank stocks leading the decline.


The pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index closed down 3.96 percent at 793.94 points, dropping 68.13 points in the week.


FRANKFURT - The DAX index ended at 4381.47 points, down 182.76 or 4.00 percent on the day, and dropping 287.97 over the week.


PARIS - The CAC-40 index closed at 2988.01 points, down 173.15 or 5.48 percent, shedding 274.67 points since last week.


ZURICH - The Swiss market index closed at 5530.84 points, down 118.3 or 2.09 percent, dumping 285.76 points since Monday.


MILAN - The All Share Mibtel index closed at 14123 points, down 702 or 4.74 percent, losing 1,401 points in the week.


TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei average edged down 0.1 percent as Mizuho Financial and other banks fell on fears about the potential fallout if big U.S. automakers file for bankruptcy, while investors were cautious before key U.S. jobs data.


The Nikkei fell 7 percent, or 594.76 points, on the week and has lost some 48 percent on the year. It shed 6.73 points to close at 7,917.51.


HONG KONG - Hong Kong shares rose 2.5 percent, as Chinese property and financial stocks rallied on talk Beijing may further ease key interest rates and cut reserve requirements on bank deposits to spur the economy.


The Hang Seng Index closed up 336.31 points at 13,846.09. For the week, the index was down 0.3 percent, or 42.15 points.


SYDNEY - Australian shares fell 1.2 percent as sharp falls in oil and metals prices weighed down on commodity stocks such as BHP Billiton, but coal miner Felix Resources jumped on a possible takeover offer.


The S&P/ASX 200 index lost 42.5 points to close at 3,489.9, The index lost 6.8 percent, or 252.6 points, over the week, after logging its biggest weekly gain ever last week.


JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's rand weakened against the dollar as negative U.S. jobs data raised risk aversion and local stocks also took hammering, shaken by weaker mining shares and lower global equities.


The All-share index fell 2.63 percent to 19,279.79 points, shedding 521.14 points on the day and a total of 1,929.70 over the week. The All Gold index closed at 1951.11 points, down 31.26 or 1.58 percent, and worse off by 40.72 points since last weekend. The Industrial index closed at 15387.33 points, down 323.64 or 2.06 percent, and 911.15 points down on the week.

Source: http://www.javno.com/en/economy/clanak.php?id=211579