Here is how major stock markets outside the United States ended on Tuesday.
Indexes had lost all of their gains for the year in the past two weeks on fears of rising global interest rates and, despite the day's rise, stocks are still around 8 percent below the near-five year highs of May 11. After settlement, the FTSEurofirst 300 index of leading shares closed 2.4 percent higher at 1,302.02 points, having tumbled nearly 3 percent in the previous session to hit a five-month low and dip into negative territory for the year.