Major stock markets outside the United States ended on Tuesday.
The FTSEurofirst 300 index of leading European shares closed down 0.61 percent at 1,155.66 points after closing 3.3 percent higher on Monday. The benchmark was down around 23 percent this year. "The European market ended rather calm, with Wall Street largely setting the pace," said Investment analyst Giuseppe-Guido Amato from Lang and Schwarz trading house.
The All-share index closed at 25,320.51 points, down 917.61 or 3.50 percent. The All Gold index closed at 1,503.59 points, down 134.08 or 8.19 percent, while the Industrial index closed at 19,403.88 points, down 304.11 or 1.54 percent.