Closing stock market indices

Here is how major stock markets outside the United States ended on Tuesday.
EUROPE STOCK EXCHANGE: European stocks extended their march to new multi-year highs, led by mining shares, while Swiss chemical group Ciba fell 7 percent after providing disappointing numbers and a muted 2005 outlook. French utility Suez added 2 percent as it beat 2004 sales forecasts, driven by strong international demand for electricity and gas.
Miners Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton gained 3 percent each after brokerage Smith Barney forecast strong earnings growth in the industry. Anglo-American rose nearly 4 percent.
FRANKFURT STOCK EXCHANGE: The DAX index ended at 4,279.97 points, up 25.12 or 0.59 percent.
PARIS STOCK EXCHANGE: The CAC-40 index closed at 3,939.18 points, up 25.49 or 0.65 percent.
ZURICH STOCK EXCHANGE: The Swiss market index closed at 5,797.9 points, up 26.5 or 0.46 percent.
MILAN STOCK EXCHANGE: The All Share Mibtel index closed at 24,237 points, up 146 or 0.61 percent.
SYDNEY STOCK EXCHANGE: Stocks added 0.5 percent after touching a record high as robust demand for miners, a key part of the local market, and upbeat corporate earnings expectations spurred buying. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 rose 20.4 points to end at 4,127.7.
JOHANNESBURG STOCK EXCHANGE: South African stocks marched to a fresh record high driven by a weaker rand, mounting hopes of an imminent interest rate cut and upbeat earnings expectations for the country's all-important miners. The All-share index closed at 12,957.44 points, up 158.89 or 1.24 percent. The All Gold index closed at 1,576.02 points, up 30.57 or 1.98 percent, while the Industrial index closed at 9,694.8 points, up 2.77 or 0.03 percent.