Global stock markets finished higher on Friday, after U.S. equities closed mixed on Wall Street in New York's final trading session of the week.
U.S. markets were closed on Friday for the Independence Day holiday.
Shares listed in Europe ended Friday's session in positive territory following a mixed morning. The pan-European Stoxx 600 was up 0.69% at market close, hitting a new 52-week high.
Germany's DAX index closed 0.85% higher, leading Europe's major bourses, while Italy's FTSE MIB rose 0.77%.
Earlier in Asia, Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 led gains, closing up 1.47%.
Overnight in the U.S., the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at a record high of 52,900.07.
Semiconductors fell for a second day in a row, weighing on the Nasdaq.
