Closing stock market indices

Here is how major stock markets outside the United States ended on Tuesday.
EUROPE STOCKS EXCHANGE: European stocks notched small gains boosted by a rise in mining companies, but shares in Barclays lost one percent as rising costs took the shine off the UK bank's growth forecast.
Miners Anglo-American, Rio Tinto and Antofagasta rose as copper prices hit record highs, while gold spiked above $500 an ounce for the first time in 18 years.
The FTSEurofirst 300 index closed 0.23 percent higher at 1,242.64 points. The index fell 0.7 percent on Monday, when it failed to hold onto a 3-1/2 year high.
FRANKFURT STOCKS EXCHANGE: The DAX index ended at 5199.48 points, up 22.89 or 0.44 percent.
PARIS STOCKS EXCHANGE: The CAC-40 index closed at 4588.73 points, up 13.42 or 0.29 percent.
ZURICH STOCKS EXCHANGE: The Swiss market index closed at 7440.7 points, up 13.22 or 0.18 percent.
MILAN STOCKS EXCHANGE: The All Share Mibtel index closed at 26021 points, up 44 or 0.17 percent.
SYDNEY STOCKS EXCHANGE: Australian shares fell, weighed by the top miners, BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto and energy stocks like Woodside, but pallet supplier Brambles leapt after announcing a major restructuring programme. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index ended 26.3 points, or 0.56 percent, lower at 4,639.0.
JOHANNESBURG STOCKS EXCHANGE: South African stocks fell as weaker precious metal and oil prices and a stronger rand weighed, but diversified miner BHP Billiton was boosted by a bullish aluminium demand forecast. The All-share index closed at 17030.53 points, down 166.16 or 0.97 percent.
The All Gold index closed at 2300.62 points, down 44.66 or 1.90 percent, while the Industrial index closed at 12191.62 points, down 116.23 or 0.94 percent.