Closing stock market indices

Major stock markets outside the United States ended on Thursday.
EUROPE STOCKS EXCHANGE: European shares fell, dented by fresh concern about the impact of the credit crunch on bank profitability after a warning from Deutsche Bank and another slide in Northern Rock shares. Banks were the biggest drag on the index, while the euro's rise to new record highs against the dollar dented shares in major exporters.
Deutsche fell 2 percent, putting it among the biggest negative weights on the index after Chief Executive Josef Ackermann said late on Wednesday the liquidity crisis would take its toll on third-quarter profits at Germany's biggest bank. The FTSEurofirst 300 index of top European shares ended 0.7 percent down at 1,539.07 points.
FRANKFURT STOCKS EXCHANGE: The DAX index ended at 7,735.09 points, down 15.75 or 0.20 percent.
PARIS STOCKS EXCHANGE: The CAC-40 index closed at 5,688.76 points, down 42.06 or 0.73 percent.
ZURICH STOCKS EXCHANGE: The Swiss market index closed at 8,896.72 points, down 110.04 or 1.22 percent.
MILAN STOCKS EXCHANGE: The All Share Mibtel index closed at 30,962 points, down 210 or 0.67 percent.
SYDNEY STOCKS EXCHANGE: Shares rose 0.59 percent to a fresh two-month closing high, as miners rose on a jump in metals prices, though bank shares erased early gains amid lingering credit worries. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index ended up 37.6 points at 6,393.7.
JOHANNESBURG STOCKS EXCHANGE: Markets maintained a positive tone, but trading was much more muted after hefty gains in the previous session, in line with global financial markets. The All-share index closed at 29,832.3 points, up 23.65 or 0.08 percent. The All Gold index closed at 2780.9 points, up 68.5 or 2.53 percent, while the Industrial index closed at 20,399.9 points, down 21.89 or 0.11 percent.