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Closing stock market indices outside the U.S.

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

LONDON - Britain's FTSE 100 fell for a second straight session, depressed by a wave of selling in a range of large, liquid stocks as institutional investors raised cash to buy mega stock Vodafone. Dragged lower by a heavy decline in banking group Lloyds TSB, the blue chip index closed down 86.5 points or 1.38 percent at 6,193.3, a gain of 8.3 points over the week.

FRANKFURT - Germany's DAX index closed lower, ending a run of three straight records despite gains by financial stocks as takeover speculation swirled around Commerzbank AG for a second day in a row. The benchmark DAX ended down 97.72 or 1.27 percent at 7,611.55 points, gaining 166.94 points since February 4.

PARIS - Shares closed higher when a last-minute scramble for a handful of blue chips hauled the market back from an afternoon slide into negative territory. The CAC-40 benchmark index closed up 79.49 points, or 1.28 percent, at 6,287.01 points, up 11.29 points on the week.

ZURICH - Swiss blue-chips continued what has been mostly a losing streak, with the Swiss Market Index ending down for the sixth day in a row on general lack of demand. The blue chip SMI shed 24.6 points or 0.35 percent to end at 6,973.4. There was a fall on the week of 175.3.

MILAN - The all share index ended at a historic high as investors chased after telecom and media stocks on news of a big Internet deal between Telecom Italia and web portal Seat Pagine Gialle. The Mibtel all-share index gained 855 or 2.72 percent to close at 32,278 after touching an intraday high of 32,332. The index gained 1,977 since last Friday.

AMSTERDAM - Some spectacular rises in media and Internet stocks helped to keep shares in positive territory following hectic trade in the last hour when sluggish U.S. stocks dampened the market. Overall, the blue chip AEX index ended 1.73 higher on the week at 662.68 points up 0.21 percent or 1.39 points on the day.

HONG KONG - Stocks ended at a record close as speculation over a possible competing bid for Cable & Wireless HKT overshadowed interest rate hike concerns. The Hang Seng Index ended up 535.13 points or about 3.18 percent at 17,380.30 points, rising 1,412.18 from a week ago.

TOKYO - The Tokyo stock market was closed for National Foundation Day, a national holiday. Trading will resume on Monday. On Thursday the benchmark Nikkei average fell 297.75 points or 1.49 percent to close at 19,710.02, a drop of 53.11 over the week.

SYDNEY - The share market closed modestly lower, with selling scattered throughout all sectors. The benchmark All Ordinaries Index closed down 5.4 points or 0.17 percent at 3,167.1, a gain of 52 points from last Friday.

JOHANNESBURG - Shares ended sharply lower for the second consecutive day, after the rand's slide to 17-month lows eroded support. The benchmark All Share index ended 102.7 points or 1.16 percent lower at 8,723.7, erasing all gains booked early in the session. There was a rise of 32.1 points on the week. The All Gold index closed at 1,258.2 points, down 1.2 or 0.10 percent, but a rise of 139.8 points on the week. The Industrial index closed at 9,692.9 points, down 123.5 or 1.26 percent and falling 19.8 from February 4.-Reuters