European equities markets finished the week on gains Friday, while the New York markets were mostly up just a little with the exception of the Nasdaq, which was down just a little.

There wasn’t much movement this week in New York, and this continued on Friday as investors tried to figure out where the market was headed after statements by Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan on Thursday seemed not to jibe exactly with statements made earlier by other officials of the Fed.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.5 percent on the week and the S&P 500 gained 0.2 percent, but Nasdaq, lost 0.4 percent this week.

In the eurozone, the oil sector did well even though crude oil prices suffered small losses during the week. Technology stocks continued a comeback from first-quarter lows.

The FTSE Eurofirst 300 saw a three-year high. It closed 0.6 percent higher for the day and up 1.1 percent on the week. The Paris and Frankfurt markets also hit three-year highs.

In London, the FTSE 100 rose 0.6 percent during the week to close at 5030.4 on Friday, its highest since March 4.

The FTSE 250 was also up, gaining 0.8 percent on the week, closing at 7,264.2 on Friday. The oil sector, banks, and IT hardware makers were instrumental in the advances.