Here is how major stock markets outside the United States ended on Wednesday.
US light crude futures hit a peak of $56.35 a barrel, the highest since the contract was introduced in 1983, after sharp falls in weekly US gasoline and heating oil supplies raised fears about tight global fuel supplies. Oil cartel Opec said it would increase production by 2 percent, but some analysts said that was not enough to cool prices.
The All-share index closed at 13555.05, down 33.88 points or 0.25 percent, the Gold index closed at 1744.16, up 41.38 points or 2.43 percent, while the Industrial index closed at 9911.87, down 172.76 points or 1.71 percent.