Closing stock market indices

Here is how major stock markets outside the United States ended on Tuesday.
EUROPE STOCK EXCHANGE: European shares ended slightly up after a lacklustre session as energy stocks rose, outweighing a weak telecoms sector and investor caution ahead of a Federal Reserve statement on US interest rates.
Vodafone shares shed 2.7 percent after the British cell phone giant said it expected some dilution of its earnings after it clinched Turkish operator Telsim for $4.55 billion.
There was support from German industrial group Siemens, up 2 percent after a ratings upgrade from Deutsche Bank, and Hilton, which gained 2.8 percent on the prospect of take-over activity in the hotel and leisure sectors. But investors' attention was once again focused on the macroeconomic picture amid continuing worries that steps by US and eurozone central banks to tighten monetary conditions might go a step too far and hurt economic growth.
The pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index of pan-European blue chips ended 0.12 percent higher at 1,266.75 points after trading within a range of less than 6 points for most of the session.
PARIS STOCK EXCHANGE: The CAC-40 index closed at 4,693.4 points, up 20.27 or 0.43 percent.
FRANKFURT STOCK EXCHANGE: The DAX index ended at 5,310.28 points, up 9.07 or 0.17 percent.
ZURICH STOCK EXCHANGE: The Swiss market index closed at 7,577.39 points, up 9.88 or 0.13 percent.
MILAN STOCK EXCHANGE: The All Share Mibtel index closed at 26,499 points, up 26 or 0.10 percent.
SYDNEY STOCK EXCHANGE: Shares fell as retreating gold and copper prices weighed on the big miners like BHP Billiton and investors trod cautiously ahead of an expected interest rate rise in the United States later on. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 Index fell 24.8 points, or 0.54 percent, to 4,587.1.
JOHANNESBURG STOCK EXCHANGE: Insurance groups Old Mutual and Liberty Group helped drag South Africa's bourse lower as investors worried about the impact of an insurance compensation deal on earnings. The All-share index closed at 17,426.37 points, down 160.99 or 0.92 percent. The All Gold index closed at 2,365.01 points, down 130.81 or 5.24 percent, while the Industrial index closed at 12,424.84 points, down 92.73 or 0.74 percent.