Here is how major stock markets outside the United States ended on Thursday.
On Wall Street, stocks fell as investors shied away amid worries about rising oil prices, a likely rise in US interest rates this summer and continuing violence in Iraq.
The FTSE Eurotop 300 index of pan-European blue chips closed down 1.38 percent at 994.49 points, erasing gains of the last three days, while the narrower DJ Euro Stoxx 50 index fell 2.04 percent to 2,765.74 points.
The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index ended 0.24 percent or 8.2 points lower at 3,399.4.
The All-share index closed at 10,413.5 points, down 161.27 or 1.53 percent.
The All Gold index closed at 1,897.25 points, down 50.39 or 2.59 percent, while the Industrial index closed at 7,404.95 points, down 98.1 or 1.31 percent.