Major stock markets outside the United States ended on Thursday.
The pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index of top shares closed down 1.3 percent at 1,018.25 points. The index is up 58 percent since reaching a record low in early March and is up 23 percent for the year. "The factors that are worrying the markets are Citigroup offering equities at a discount in order to raise capital, concerns about the Fed and then you got the dollar rising," said Peter Dixon, economist at Commerzbank.