Germany's DAX index rose 0.9% to 7144.45, while France's CAC-40 index finished 0.4% higher at 3580.21.
London's FTSE 100 index retreated 1.9%, Frankfurt's DAX tumbled 2.7% and Paris's CAC-40 fell 2.5%.
Germany's DAX fell 0.9% to 6111.55, and France's CAC-40 closed down 1.6% at 3193.65.
Meanwhile, Germany's DAX fell 0.2% to 6728.19 and France's CAC-40 closed down 0.3% at 3375.64.
Britain's FTSE 100 lost 0.3%, Germany's DAX index dropped 1.0%, and France's CAC-40 fell 0.6%.
Led by losses for Sanofi, the French CAC 40 index fell 0.4% to 3438.26.
Paris' CAC-40 rose 2 percent, London's FTSE 100 1.2 percent and Frankfurt's DAX 1.9 percent.
The Stoxx Europe 600 rallied 1.3%, while Germany's DAX rose 1.9% and France's CAC-40 rallied 2%.
Germany's DAX fell 1.3% to 6149.91 and France's CAC-40 ended 0.4% lower at 3051.68.
On Monday, the CAC-40 Index traded relatively flat with French sovereign debt yields remaining cautiously stable.
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Germany's DAX advanced 0.4 percent to 7, 735.52 and France's CAC-40 gained 0.2 percent to 3, 748.46.
France's CAC 40 closed up 1.8% after slipping an identical amount in early trading.
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Frankfurt's Dax index closed 1.2% lower, while the Cac-40 index in Paris lost 1.3%.
The financial sector's nosedive helped drag the CAC 40 index down 104 points, or 1.8%, to 5645.29.
Britain's FTSE 100 declined 0.5%, France's CAC-40 was off by 0.3% and Germany's DAX edged down 0.2%.
Still, the CAC 40 index is widely used by local funds as a benchmark, Mr. Burnand said.
Germany's DAX rose 0.6 percent to 7, 520 while the CAC-40 in France was up 1.6 percent at 3, 709.
Germany's DAX dipped 0.18 percent to 7, 8602, while the CAC-40 in France was 0.26 percent lower at 3, 745.
The UK's FTSE 100 closed 8.9% down, while the French Cac lost 7.7% and German Dax dropped 8.4%.
France's Cac-40 index was a rare exception - still losing on the year, but just half a percent.
The CAC-40, the blue-chip French stock market index, which includes BNP, fell 2.2%.
France's Cac 40 dropped 17% and Germany's Dax fell 14.7% over the year.
The French CAC-40 index gained 1.1%, to 3266.27, and rose 2.4% on the week, snapping a five-week losing streak.
The French CAC 40 index jumped 4.1% to 3, 207.12, as banks moved higher.
Financials also helped lift the CAC 40 index, which firmed 0.4% to 3594.83, its highest close since July 29.
France's CAC-40 closed 0.8% lower at 3090.90, but was 0.1% for the week.
Frankfurt's Dax was 1.25% lower, with the Paris Cac 40 was down 2.35%.
European markets gained, with the Stoxx Europe 600 up 0.9%, Germany's DAX index adding 1.8% and France's CAC-40 rising 1.4%.
Britain's FTSE 100 index ended the day 1.2%, lower, while France's CAC-40 sank 1.8%, and Germany's DAX closed down 1.3%.
Frankfurt's DAX fell 2.2% to 6606.09, France's CAC-40 dropped 2.7% to 3232.46, and London's FTSE 100 declined 0.9% to 5662.30.
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