LONDON (Reuters):

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

LONDON - Britain's FTSE 100 ended on a lower note, as lacklustre crude oil prices knocked energy stocks and the benchmark share index paused for breath after several days of scaling six-year highs.

The FTSE 100 ended 13.8 points, or 0.21 percent lower at 6,419.5, having briefly touched a new six-year high of 6,439.2 earlier in the session, and notching up a 3.2 percent gain year-to-date, winning 36.7 points over the week.

EUROPE - European shares ended slightly lower, as mining stocks retreated from recent highs and as weak housing data from the United States rattled sentiment in building materials companies.

Spanish bank BBVA was a top faller, down 0.5 per cent after it agreed to buy U.S. bank Compass Bancshares for $9.6 billion.

The pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index ended down 0.13 per cent at 1,544.03, after hitting a six-year high of 1,550.2 in the previous session.

FRANKFURT - The DAX index ended at 6957.07 points, down 1.55 or 0.02 per cent, gaining 45.96 points over the week.

PARIS - The CAC-40 index closed at 5713.59 points, down 7.29 or 0.13 per cent, but adding 21.14 points since last Friday.

ZURICH - The Swiss market index closed at 9336.34 points, up 30.95 or 0.33 percent on the day, and up 44.28 on the week.

MILAN - The All Share Mibtel index closed at 33180 points, down two points or 0.01 per cent, but gainging 168 points since last weekend.

TOKYO - The Nikkei average slipped 0.12 per cent, snapping a five-session winning streak, as investors took profits on property shares including Mitsubishi Estate after strong GDP data bolstered expectations for an interest rate rise next week. The Nikkei closed down 21.58 points at 17,875.65. On the week the Nikkei added 371.32 points.

HONG KONG - Blue chips edged up just 0.14 per cent ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday, as players took on the sidelines despite another record close on Wall Street. The Hang Seng Index rose 29.49 points to end at 20,567.91 on turnover of HK$37.09 billion (US$4.76 billion), down from HK$49.43 billion on Thursday. The blue chip index lost 109.75 points for the week.

SYDNEY - Shares fell 0.65 per cent as investors cashed in profits after a run of successive record peaks, with index heavyweights such as the big miners and banks leading losses.

The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 Index lost 39.1 points to 5,953.7, cooling off after three straight days of record-closing highs. It gained 26.5 points on the week.

JOHANNESBURG - South African shares dipped as mining stocks, including index heavyweight BHP Billiton slid on weaker metals prices.

The All-share index lost 0.04 per cent to close at 26,511.08 points, but rising by 844.27 over the week. The All Gold index closed at 2808.55 points, down 17.52 or 0.62 per cent on the day and shedding 14.44 in the week. The Industrial index closed at 18,928.96 points, up 33.64 or 0.18 per cent, and rising 669.19 points since last Friday.