Closing stock market indices

Here is how major stock markets outside the United States ended on Monday.
EUROPE STOCKS EXCHANGE: European shares closed at their best level in five weeks, powered by energy stocks such as BP, while bid talk spurred Wm Morrisson Supermarkets and telecoms giant Vodafone. Car makers were also in focus, with Renault buoyed ahead of a board meeting where the French group will discuss a pan for a tie-up with General Motors Corp.
The stock gained 0.3 percent despite some analysts' doubts that the deal will benefit Renault, which is in the midst of a recovery plan. This and the prospect of a good second-quarter earnings season helped lure investors back to an equity market mauled by inflation and interest rate worries from mid-May to mid-June. The FTSEurofirst 300 index of top pan-European shares added 0.5 percent to end at 1,318.95 points.
FRANKFURT STOCKS EXCHANGE: The DAX index ended at 5712.69 points, up 29.38 or 0.52 percent.
PARIS STOCKS EXCHANGE: The CAC-40 index closed at 4980.62 points, up 14.66 or 0.30 percent.
ZURICH STOCKS EXCHANGE: The Swiss market index closed at 7720.68 points, up 68.58 or 0.90 percent.
MILAN STOCKS EXCHANGE: The All Share Mibtel index closed at 28092 points, up 206 or 0.74 percent.
SYDNEY STOCKS EXCHANGE: Australian shares rose 0.4 percent to a one-month closing high as easing concerns about inflation lifted banks such as National Australia Bank, while tug boat operator Adsteam Marine Ltd jumped on a take-over offer. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index ended up 18.3 points at 5,092.2.
JOHANNESBURG STOCKS EXCHANGE: South African stocks extended a recovery as a stronger rand gave a lift to interest-rate-sensitive shares like banking group Absa. The All-share index closed at 21400.43 points, up 162.56 or 0.77 percent. The All Gold index closed at 3322.99 points, up 50.74 or 1.55 percent, while the Industrial index closed at 13701.03 points, up 56.69 or 0.42 percent.