Here is how major stock markets outside the United States ended on Tuesday.
There was one stock riser for every 10 declining issues, but BAA was part of the rare gainers, closing 2.2 percent higher after the world's biggest airports operator agreed to a 10.1-billion-pound ($18.9 billion) take-over bid from a consortium led by Spain's Grupo Ferrovial.
Europe's FTSEurofirst 300 index shed 1.9 percent to 1,280.55 points, bringing to 9 percent the index's overall losses since hitting a five-year high of in early May.