Closing stock market indices

Major stock markets outside the United States ended on Tuesday.
EUROPEAN STOCKS EXCHANGE: Shares in Nokia jumped after US chip maker Texas Instruments reported better than expected cellphone chip sales and energy companies gained with the price of crude, pushing European stocks higher. The pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index of top shares closed 0.5 percent higher at 869.56 points after choppy trade between 875.75 and 865.53 earlier in the session.
FRANKFURT STOCKS EXCHANGE: The DAX index ended at 4,997.86 points, down 6.86 or 0.14 percent.
PARIS STOCKS EXCHANGE: The CAC-40 index closed at 3,296.73 points, up 7.07 or 0.21 percent.
ZURICH STOCKS EXCHANGE: The Swiss market index closed the Swiss market index closed at 5,388.67 points, down 3.05 or 0.06 percent.
MILAN STOCKS EXCHANGE: The FT Italian All Share index closed at 20,684.82, up 187.66 or 0.92 percent.
SYDNEY STOCKS EXCHANGE: Stocks lost 0.91 percent as strong recent gains triggered profit-taking in big miners BHP Billiton Ltd and Rio Tinto Ltd, with recent equity raisings also weighing on the market. The S&P/ASX 200 index lost 36.3 points to 3,934.9, its lowest close since June 4.
JOHANNESBURG STOCKS EXCHANGE: South Africa's rand firmed against the dollar after the central bank announced the appointment of a new deputy governor and as the dollar fell against other major currencies.
The All-share index closed at 23,049.43 points, up 100.34 or 0.44 percent. The All Gold index closed at 2,551.62 points, up 51.8 or 2.07 percent, while the Industrial index closed at 17,620.7 points, down 17.87 or 0.10 percent.