Closing stock market indices

Major stock markets outside the United States ended on Tuesday.
The news hit other stocks in the same sector, like France's Carrefour, which lost 1.4 percent. Mobile phone company Vodafone Group was down 1.9 percent after the Financial Times reported that AT&T's new chief executive had dismissed speculation the US firm was planning a take-over bid for Vodafone. The FTSEurofirst 300 index of top European shares closed down 0.33 percent at 1,614.57 points.