Here is how major stock markets outside the United States ended on Thursday.
A warning by Morrison Supermarkets that its year profit would miss market forecasts pressured the retail sector, while spirits group Pernod Ricard fell 2 percent as a strong euro drained underlying profit growth at its top brands. The FTSEurofirst 300 index of pan-European blue chips inched up 0.1 percent to 1,079.6 points.