EUROPE STOCK EXCHANGE: Heavyweight oil groups kept European shares on an even keel to close firmer after a leap in US inflation fanned fears that several more US interest-rate hikes might lie ahead. Total, Royal Dutch/Shell and ENI were among the top blue chip gainers, buoyed by a rally in crude oil prices to well over $48 a barrel on expectations of possible Opec production cuts.
Mining stocks such as Anglo-American also fared well as the price of bellwether base metal copper hit a 16-year high on the London Metal Exchange and flirted with record peaks amid tight red metal supply.
Lead and tin prices also rallied, with zinc near 7-1/4 year highs. The FTSEurofirst 300 index closed up 0.15 percent at 1,099.48 points - barely up on the week, though still 5.5 percent ahead for the year.
FRANKFURT STOCK EXCHANGE: The DAX index ended at 4359.47 points, down 10.21 or 0.23 percent, having lost 28.33 points in the week.
PARIS STOCK EXCHANGE: The CAC-40 index closed at 4029.02 points, up 23.52 or 0.59 percent, gaining 12.27 since last weekend.
ZURICH STOCK EXCHANGE: The Swiss market index closed at 5901.7 points, up 18.8 or 0.32 percent, but worse off since last Friday by 13.6 points.
MILAN STOCK EXCHANGE: The All Share Mibtel index closed at 24595 points, down 143 or 0.58 percent, and down on the week by 252 points.
SYDNEY STOCK EXCHANGE: Australian stocks ended lower as investors digested a flood of corporate earnings out this week and key comments from central bank chiefs at home and in the United States. The S&P/ASX 200 index closed down 3.4 points or 0.08 percent to 4,163.5, down 10.8 over the week.
JOHANNESBURG STOCK EXCHANGE: Africa's biggest steel maker Ispat Iscor and iron ore producer Kumba Resources starred to lift South African stocks to a fresh all time high, and traders predicted a strong week ahead.
The all-share index jumped 0.32 percent or 42.86 points to end at 13,302.62 points, ahead on the week by 217.43. The All Gold index closed at 1597.31 points, up 23.29 or 1.48 percent, but lower on the week by 32.18. The Industrial index closed at 9789.69 points, up 43.62 or 0.45 percent, and 100.48 points better off than last Friday.