Here is how major stock markets outside the United States ended on Thursday.
Philips fell 2.4 percent as dealers cited reports of a bigger-than-expected glut of flat-panel monitors and LCD TVs, and after a restructuring at Sony Corp highlighted problems in consumer electronics. The pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index ended 0.3 percent weaker at 1,201.6 points, above the day's low of 1,197.6 points, still up 15 percent this year.