Major stock markets outside the United States ended on Tuesday.
The pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index of top shares closed up 0.4 percent at 978.76 points, rising for the fourth consecutive day, after falling to a low of 967.98 points earlier in the session. The index, which plunged 45 percent in 2008, is still up 17 percent this year and has surged 51 percent from a record low in March.