Here is how major stock markets outside the United States ended on Thursday.
Deutsche Boerse jumped as investors bet it stood a better chance of snaring Euronext after NYSE said it did not plan to change its bid terms, while Greece's National Bank dropped after a rights issue approval. "We hope there will an upside movement in euro stocks but it will be a very low, more technical move," said Guillaume Duchesne, equity strategist at Fortis Private Banking. "The trend is quite negative in Europe." The pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index closed 0.3 percent stronger at 1,311.13 points, having dropped as low as 1,295.08 as global markets remained volatile.