Stock markets remained calm after the flurry of US data and the start of Wall Street Thursday.
The best performer was Paris, rising 0.5% after recent days of weakness regarding the government's stability, followed by Milan and Madrid, which rose 0.2%.
Frankfurt was flat, London stocks fell 0.2%, and Amsterdam fell almost half a percentage point.
Spreads between Italy and Germany remained stable at around 85 basis points, while those between France and Italy fluctuated between 6 and 5 basis points.
The euro rose 0.3% against the dollar to $1.667, while oil prices fell 0.5% to $63.8 a barrel.
