Major stock markets outside the United States ended on Wednesday.
Tech stocks sagged after US firm Texas Instruments Inc disappointed investors by leaving its outlook unchanged, halting a trend of improving forecasts among tech firms. Nokia, whose key chip supplier is Texas Instruments, was the biggest negative weight in the European market, down 2.4 percent. After spending much of the session in the red, the pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index closed 0.2 percent higher, at 1,510.27.
The All Gold index closed at 2,600.03 points, up 71.44 or 2.83 percent, while the Industrial index closed at 20,347.65 points, down 100.93 or 0.49 percent.