Major stock markets outside the United States ended on Thursday.
The FTSEurofirst 300 closed down 2.5 percent at 1,197.02 points, suffering its worst one-day percentage fall since mid-March.
The All Gold index closed at 2,265.69 points, up 119.52 or 5.57 percent, while the Industrial index closed at 19,423.48 points, down 225.81 or 1.15 percent.