Closing stock market indices

Here is how major stock markets outside the United States ended on Tuesday.
EUROPE STOCKS EXCHANGE: European stocks closed little changed after mixed company earnings, while data showed the region's economic recovery was on track. UBS was a standout loser, down 5 percent after the investment bank reported a worse-than-expected fall in third-quarter profit.
Automaker DaimlerChrysler rose 3 percent after an upbeat magazine report. The pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index ended 0.07 percent down at 1,443.9, extending a three-day losing streak and distancing itself from its highest level in five years struck last week. The index is still up 13 percent so far this year.
FRANKFURT STOCKS EXCHANGE: The DAX index ended at 6,268.92 points, up 10.73 or 0.17 percent.
PARIS STOCKS EXCHANGE: The CAC-40 index closed at 5,348.73 points, down 13.5 or 0.25 percent.
ZURICH STOCKS EXCHANGE: The Swiss market index closed at 8,569.72 points, down 82.64 or 0.96 percent.
MILAN STOCKS EXCHANGE: The All Share Mibtel index closed at 30,392 points, up 148 or 0.49 percent.
SYDNEY STOCKS EXCHANGE: Shares eased 0.28 percent, cooling off after Monday's record run, but the key stock index logged its highest monthly gain in five years on the back of a rash of take-over action. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 Index fell 15.0 points to 5,384.4. The index rose 4.5 percent in October, the highest single-month percentage gain since October 2001, when it rose 6.6 percent.
JOHANNESBURG STOCKS EXCHANGE: Banks led South African shares higher after data showed the country's trade deficit had narrowed sharply, easing near-term inflation and interest rate fears to send FirstRand up by 6 percent. The All-share index closed at 23,338.16 points, up 138.16 or 0.60 percent. The All Gold index closed at 2,804.13 points, down 61.52 or 2.15 percent, while the Industrial index closed at 15,743.48 points, up 142.56 or 0.91 percent.