Here is how major stock markets outside the United States ended on Thursday.
Tyre makers Continental and Michelin, and car parts firm Valeo shed between 1.3 and 3.3 percent on concerns that surging raw materials costs would eat into their profits. US crude prices rocketed to $53 a barrel.
The FTSE euro-first 300 index of pan European blue chips eased 0.1 percent to end at 1,014.6 points, off from an earlier five-month high of 1,021.15 points.
The S&P/ASX 200 index ended up 1.0 point, or 0.03 percent, at 3,700.8.
The all-share index shot up 162.27 or 1.36 percent to a record 12,087.27 points - its highest ever close.
The All Gold index closed at 2,167.7 points, up 33.7 or 1.58 percent, while the Industrial index closed at 8,366.11 points, up 83.26 or 1.01 percent.