Closing stock market indices

Major stock markets outside the United States ended on Tuesday.
EUROPE STOCKS EXCHANGE: European shares ended sharply lower, breaking a four-day winning run, as weak banks and miners offset the impact of buoyant oil stocks and investors turned edgy ahead of a US rate decision on Wednesday.
The pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index ended down 0.76 percent at 1,328.45 points, with British shares faring less poorly than German and French peers as surging earnings lifted BP and Shell. The oil groups were the top two gainers on the pan-European index, jumping nearly 6 percent.
FRANKFURT STOCKS EXCHANGE: The DAX index ended at 6,885.34 points, down 39.99 or 0.58 percent.
PARIS STOCKS EXCHANGE: The CAC-40 index closed at 4,977.1 points, down 35.65 or 0.71 percent.
ZURICH STOCKS EXCHANGE: The Swiss market index closed at 7,462 points, down 88.14 or 1.17 percent.
MILAN STOCKS EXCHANGE: The All Share Mibtel index closed at 25,612 points, down 84 or 0.33 percent.
SYDNEY STOCKS EXCHANGE: Shares ended little changed, with weak oil and gold prices weighing down on resource firms, though growing confidence in the financial sector buoyed most banking shares. The S&P/ASX 200 index nudged up 0.07 percent, or 4.2 points, to 5,606.9, after rising 0.3 percent in the previous session.
JOHANNESBURG STOCKS EXCHANGE: South African markets slipped, with the rand falling on profit-taking from strong gains last week and stocks knocked by softer metals prices. The All-share index closed at 30,584 points, down 506.15 or 1.63 percent. The All Gold index closed at 2,280.3 points, down 100.55 or 4.22 percent, while the Industrial index closed at 20,377.04 points, down 59.7 or 0.29 percent.
TOKYO STOCKS EXCHANGE: Japanese markets were closed for a national holiday. They will reopen on Wednesday. On Monday, the Nikkei average added 30.90 points to 13,894.37.