Most stock indices closed higher as oil and gas shares declined.

The Greek Finance Ministry released tax revenue figures on Friday. Tax receipts accounted 121 million euros below target in February, after a 1.048 billion shortfall in January.

Overall, tax revenues came in at 7.298 billion euros in the first two months of 2015, 13.8% below a target of 8.467 billion euros, according to the Greek Finance Ministry.

The central government surplus came in at 1.243 billion euros in the first two months of 2015, below a target of 1.411 billion euros, the ministry said.

The Greek statistics service ELSTAT released GDP estimate for 2014 on Friday. Greece's economy grew by 0.8% in 2014.

GDP in real terms was 186.5 billion euros in 2014, up from 185.1 billion euros in 2013.

Indexes on the close:

Name Price Change Change %

FTSE 100 6,740.58 -20.49 -0.30 %

DAX 11,901.61 +102.22 +0.87 %

CAC 40 5,010.46 +23.13 +0.46 %