Eurozone blue-chip stock index rose more than 3% this week.

The European STOXX 600 index closed up 0.24% at 547.41 points, with a cumulative increase of 2.16% for the week. The Eurozone STOXX 50 index closed up 0.33% at 5349.43 points, with a weekly increase of about 3.59%. The FTSEurofirst 300 index closed up 0.22% at 2164.95 points.