Closing stock market indices

Here is how major stock markets outside the United States ended on Monday.
EUROPE STOCKS EXCHANGE: European stocks ended at new 20-month highs, with oil and auto stocks among top performers as crude oil prices rose and the dollar recovered against the euro.
Dealer talk that BNP Paribas had raised its price target for Alcatel to 15.5 euros from 14.5 euros boosted shares in the French telecoms equipment maker 2.6 percent higher.
But British bank Lloyds TSB closed down 2.8 percent as it ruled out a share buyback and said it preferred to keep its cash for acquisitions.
The FTSE Eurotop 300 index ended 0.34 percent higher at 1,026.16 points, its best close since July 9, 2002. Amid fair volume the number of gainers to losers was roughly three to two.
FRANKFURT STOCKS EXCHANGE: The DAX index ended at 4,145.99 points, up 19.85 or 0.48 percent.
PARIS STOCKS EXCHANGE: The CAC-40 index closed at 3,781.38 points, up 20.27 or 0.54 percent.
ZURICH STOCKS EXCHANGE: The Swiss market index closed at 5,884.5 points, down 11.3 or 0.19 percent.
MILAN STOCKS EXCHANGE: The All Share Mibtel index closed at 21,129 points, up 60 or 0.28 percent.
SYDNEY STOCKS EXCHANGE: Stocks rose to their highest level in two years as strong demand for banks and resources underpinned the overall market.
The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index closed 12.5 points, or 0.37 percent, higher at 3,420.0.
JOHANNESBURG STOCKS EXCHANGE: Anglo Gold was among the top losers on the bourse at the end of a quiet day of trade as the dominant mining stocks came under the cloud of a stronger rand, dealers said.
The All-share index closed at 11,018.56 points, down 77.99 or 0.70 percent.
The All Gold index closed at 2,305.9 points, down 47.61 or 2.02 percent, while the Industrial index closed at 7,353.15 points, down 42.29 or 0.57 percent.