European stocks end mixed

London - Europe's main stock markets ended mixed on Thursday after the European Central Bank announced unprecedented moves to prevent deflation in the eurozone, including cutting key interest rates to new all-time lows.

Frankfurt's DAX 30 closed up 0.21% at 9 947.83 points, after earlier breaching 10 000 points for the first time.

The CAC 40 in Paris ended up 1.06% at 4.548.73 points - at its highest point since June 2008 - while London's FTSE 100 index of top companies closed down 0.08% at 6 813.49 points.