Markets in Europe and the US are still under pressure because of the ECB's decision

European Stoxx Europe 600 index declined by 0.69 percent to 346.90 points against the background of ECB's decision to keep the key interest rates and the quantitative easing programme unchanged.

The German stock index DAX decreased by about 0.8 percent for a second consecutive session , the French CAC40 fell by 0.89 percent, the Italian MIB fell by 0.7%, while the Spanish Ibex-35 - with 0.54% .

US indices also suffered - the blue chip index Dow Jones Industrial Average fell nearly 400 points, as Boeing contributed the most to the decline. S & P 500 recorded a decline of 2.45%, as the telecommunications and utilities fell by more than 3 percent. The technological benchmakr Nasdaq posted decrease of 2.54% percent and Apple shares fell 2.2 percent.

European stocks tumble

All European indices fell sharply on Thursday as most declined more than 2%.

The German leading index Dax lost shortly after the start of the session 2.9% and fell below 10,000 points to 9913 points. This happens for the first time since mid-October.

The biggest losers in Dax group are shares of export-oriented automakers. 

BMW recorded a decline of 4.3%. Shares of Volkswagen and Daimler fell with 3.9%. Merck shares reported a decline of 1.2%, Henkel dropped with 1.4%, while K + S lost 1.4% of its value.

MDax fell with  2.3% to 19,524 points. TecDax lost 2.8% of its value and reached 1737 points. Euro-Stoxx-50 decreased by 2.5% to 3063 points.

In Paris CAC 40 fell by 2.57% and reached 4365.23 points, while London's FTSE 100 tumbled 2.36% to 5930.06 points.