Here is how major stock markets outside the United States ended on Wednesday.
Shares in Sanofi-Aventis, which sells Plavix with Bristol-Myers Squibb, fell 1 percent on the news. The pan-European FTSEurofirst index of 300 blue chips added 0.3 percent to end at 1,205.03 points, with market gains slightly capped by heavily-weighted oil majors as a new retreat in oil prices from recent record highs prompted some investors to lock in their profits on energy issues.