Closing stock market indices

Major stock markets outside the United States ended on Tuesday.
EUROPE STOCK EXCHANGE: European stocks fell 0.7 percent to end lower for a fifth consecutive session, dragged into the red by the oil and mining sectors and hitting their lowest close in more than two months.
Energy stocks were the day's standout losers, giving up recent gains as crude oil prices stayed well away from highs reached on Friday. BP and Royal Dutch Shell both dropped 2 percent and Total shed 1.3 percent.
Miners also weighed, with heavyweights Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton dropping 2.4 and 2.8 percent respectively as gold and copper prices fell. The FTSEurofirst 300 index of top European shares closed 0.7 percent lower at 1,271.24 points, having fallen more than 1 percent earlier in the session.
FRANKFURT STOCK EXCHANGE: The DAX index ended at 6,771.1 points, down 44.53 or 0.65 percent.
PARIS STOCK EXCHANGE: The CAC-40 index closed at 4,761.08 points, down 38.3 or 0.80 percent.
ZURICH STOCK EXCHANGE: The Swiss market index closed at 7,284.21 points, down 41.69 or 0.57 percent.
MILAN STOCK EXCHANGE: The All Share Mibtel index closed at 24,272 points, down 316 or 1.29 percent.
SYDNEY STOCK EXCHANGE: Shares fell 2.76 percent, their biggest one-day fall in nearly three months, with financials such as Macquarie Group leading losses on concerns about further credit losses in the sector. The S&P/ASX 200 index fell 154.6 points to 5,437.5, a level not seen since April 18 and its largest single-day fall since March 20.
JOHANNESBURG STOCK EXCHANGE: Blue chip stocks extended losses, succumbing to continued anxiety over a likely domestic interest rate increase, while the rand also weakened against a surging dollar. The All-share index closed at 31,047.43 points, down 439.72 or 1.40 percent.
The All Gold index closed at 2,366.24 points, down 74.44 or 3.05 percent, while the Industrial index closed at 20,742.99 points, down 341.36 or 1.62 percent.