Here is how major stock markets outside the United States ended on Tuesday. LONDON - Britain's FTSE 100 posted its biggest daily gain in nearly three weeks as oil prices pulled back from last week's record high, with shares in news and information provider Reuters leading the market after it reported positive quarterly net sales for the first time in 3-1/2 years. The FTSE 100 closed at 4655.2 points, up 28.6 or 0.62 percent. EUROPE - European stocks rallied 1 percent, led by telecoms equipment makers Nokia and Ericsson which got a boost from U.S. peers, while easing oil prices also helped market sentiment. Upbeat forecasts from U.S. tech bellwethers IBM and chip maker Texas Instruments supported European techs. U.S. stocks also were slightly higher. Declines in health insurers offset some gains in the tech sector. Prudential slumped nearly 8 percent after the British life insurer unexpectedly said it would tap investors for a 1 billion pound ($1.8 billion) rights issue to fund its UK growth plans. The news hit the sector and sent shares in rival Aviva down 1.3 percent. The FTSE Eurofirst 300 index ended 0.98 percent higher at 1,001.8 points, just 3 percent below this year's peak of 1,030.86 in April. --More 2045 Local Time 1745 GMT
