Closing stock market indices

Major stock markets outside the United States ended on Tuesday.
EUROPE STOCK EXCHANGE: European shares closed slightly lower reversing earlier gains as pressure on oil companies, miners and steel producers, offset strength among fiancials, with a drop on Wall Street largely setting the tone in europe.
The FTSEurofirst 300 index of leading European shares closed down 0.61 percent at 1,155.66 points after closing 3.3 percent higher on Monday. The benchmark was down around 23 percent this year. "The European market ended rather calm, with Wall Street largely setting the pace," said Investment analyst Giuseppe-Guido Amato from Lang and Schwarz trading house.
FRANKFURT STOCK EXCHANGE: The DAX index ended at 6,233.41 points, down 30.33 or 0.48 percent.
PARIS STOCK EXCHANGE: The CAC-40 index closed at 4,293.34 points, down 46.84 or 1.08 percent.
ZURICH STOCK EXCHANGE: The Swiss market index closed at 7,189.45 points, up 12.03 or 0.17 percent.
MILAN STOCK EXCHANGE: The All Share Mibtel index closed at 21,637 points, down 177 or 0.81 percent.
SYDNEY STOCK EXCHANGE: Shares closed down 1.72 percent as the effect of the bailout of two US mortgage lenders that had driven shares up the previous day waned, and concerns over the health of the US economy returned. The benchmark S&P/ASX index fell 87.4 points to close at 4,980.1, after surging nearly 4 percent on Monday, the biggest one-day percentage rise in about six months.
JOHANNESBURG STOCK EXCHANGE: South Africa's blue chip index hit an 8-month low, as falling precious metals prices weighed on commodity stocks, while the rand was slightly weaker against the dollar after a volatile session of trading.
The All-share index closed at 25,320.51 points, down 917.61 or 3.50 percent. The All Gold index closed at 1,503.59 points, down 134.08 or 8.19 percent, while the Industrial index closed at 19,403.88 points, down 304.11 or 1.54 percent.