The CAC-40 index closed at 4910.82 points, down 44.92 or 0.91 percent, losing 26.74 during the week. ZURICH - The Swiss market index closed at 7861.57 points, down 12.04 or 0.15 percent, but rising 20.78 since last Friday. MILAN - The All Share Mibtel index closed at 28064 points, down 211 or 0.75 percent, rising 354 points in the week. TOKYO - The Nikkei average fell 1.11 percent to a two-week closing low as the chance of higher interest rates hurt real estate firms such as Mitsubishi Estate Co. Ltd. despite their strong earnings results. The Nikkei ended down 181.84 points at 16,257.83, its lowest close since Jan. 26 and a fall of 401.81 points over the week. HONG KONG - Stocks edged up 0.08 percent, boosted by a 1.65 percent gain for the Bank of East Asia after it kicked off the city's earnings season with better-than-expected earnings. The benchmark Hang Seng index reversed an early fall to finish up 12.52 at 15,425.95, although there was a slight fall of 3.78 points for the week. SYDNEY - Shares were little changed as traders drew breath before reporting season gets underway in earnest next week, but miners BHP and Rio were aided by a recovery in global metals market. The Australian benchmark S&P/ASX 200 Index nudged down 6.1 points, or 0.13 percent, to 4,871.5. The index logged its second straight weekly decline, 12.3 points, after rising in the previous seven weeks. JOHANNESBURG - Mining heavyweights dragged the South African market lower as gold prices tumbled, while cement producer PPC starred on brighter prospects for the construction sector. The All-share index was 0.38 percent softer at 19,395.08, losing 74.51 points on the day and 110.91 in the week. The All Gold index closed at 3046.3 points, down 59.73 or 1.92 percent, losing 52.17 since last weekend. The Industrial index closed at 13886.25 points, down 4.87 or 0.04 percent, but ahead over the week by 275.54 points. --SP 21 30 Local Time 18 30 GMT
