Here is how major stock markets outside the United States ended on Thursday.
French food group Danone also fell 2 percent on a report citing an analyst note which said the company might buy smaller Dutch rival Numico to bar a rumoured bid from PepsiCo Danone and Numico denied any talks.
The pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index unofficially closed 0.36 percent weaker at 1,224.7 points, easing from a new 40-month high of 1,230.9 struck in early trade.
The All Gold index closed at 2,124.08 points, up 97.06 or 4.79 percent, while the Industrial index closed at 12,167.72 points, up 29.25 or 0.24 percent.