Closing stock market indices

Major stock markets outside the United States ended on Monday.
EUROPEAN STOCKS EXCHANGE: European shares closed lower as investors locked in profits after the benchmark index hit a four-month high in the previous session, with banks and energy stocks taking the most points off the index.
The pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index of top shares closed 1.3 percent lower at 854.56 points. The index is up about 32 percent since hitting a record low in early March.
FRANKFURT STOCKS EXCHANGE: The DAX index ended at 4,866.91 points, down 46.99 or 0.96 percent.
PARIS STOCKS EXCHANGE: The CAC-40 index closed at 3,248.67 points, down 63.92 or 1.93 percent.
ZURICH STOCKS EXCHANGE: The Swiss market index closed at 5,358.94 points, down 32.07 or 0.59 percent.
MILAN STOCKS EXCHANGE: The All Share Mibtel index closed at 15,829 points, down 253 or 1.57 percent.
SYDNEY STOCKS EXCHANGE: Stocks fell 0.4 percent, pressured by banks and miners as a strong recent rally ran into profit taking, while a rush of fresh equity raisings also weighed on the market. The S&P/ASX 200 index fell 15.7 points to 3,926.0, after setting a fresh six-month closing high on Friday.
JOHANNESBURG STOCKS EXCHANGE: The rand weakened sharply against the dollar due to lower appetite for risk, while the local resource-heavy index was buoyed by a rally in gold stocks. The All-share index closed at 21,861.99 points, up 21.48 or 0.10 percent. The All Gold index closed at 2,523.57 points, up 83.22 or 3.41 percent, while the Industrial index closed at 16,472.02 points, down 94.33 or 0.57 percent.