Here is how major stock markets outside the United States ended on Wednesday.
The German-American carmaker, the world's fifth-biggest, posted a 2003 operating profit excluding one-offs of 5.1 billion euros, surpassing its full-year target of 5 billion euros.
Daimler shares turned 0.4 percent higher to 37.4 euros after being down about 1.5 percent before the group unveiled its annual scorecard.
Pan-European benchmarks were still weighed by falls in German drug firm Bayer and Spanish bank Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria.
The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index closed up 1.3 points or 0.04 percent to 3,265.6.
The All-share index ended down 0.6 percent or 59.60 points to 10,758.17, the Gold index closed down 1.36 percent or 33.22 points to 2417.22, while the Industrial index ended down 0.41 percent or 29.3 points to 7147.74.