Closing stock market indices

Here is how major stock markets outside the United States ended on Monday.
EUROPE STOCKS EXCHANGE: European shares fell to a five-week low, marking their fourth consecutive session of losses as a weak dollar hit export-reliant companies such as car makers.
Spanish bank BBVA also weighed on the markets, falling 4.7 percent after traders said shares from a capital increase would be placed at a lower price than expected. The pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index closed down 1.5 percent at 1,429.00, the low for the day and its lowest level since October 18.
FRANKFURT STOCKS EXCHANGE: The DAX index ended at 6,298.17 points, down 113.79 or 1.77 percent.
PARIS STOCKS EXCHANGE: The CAC-40 index closed at 5,308.65 points, down 80.81 or 1.50 percent.
ZURICH STOCKS EXCHANGE: The Swiss market index closed at 8,517.35 points, down 124.17 or 1.44 percent.
MILAN STOCKS EXCHANGE: The All Share Mibtel index closed at 30,798 points, down 433 or 1.39 percent.
SYDNEY STOCKS EXCHANGE: Shares were flat, with strong base metals, oil and gold prices helping resource stocks like Newcrest Mining Ltd, while profit taking in banks kept the broader market in check. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index dipped 1.4 points to close at 5,452.2.JOHANNESBURG: Shares dipped, as the stronger rand dented shares in firms deriving their profits from abroad, with shares in the world's largest producer of fine paper Sappi down over 3 percent. The All-share index closed at 23,809.72 points, down 181.15 or 0.76 percent. The All Gold index closed at 2,960.81 points, up 6.14 or 0.21 percent, while the Industrial index closed at 16,527.29 points, down 146.44 or 0.88 percent.