Closing stock market indices

Major stock markets outside the United States ended on Tuesday.
EUROPEAN STOCKS EXCHANGE: European shares fell, led lower by banks and energy companies, after US consumer confidence readings proved weaker than expected, but European equities gained 15.9 percent over the second quarter.
The FTSEurofirst 300 index of top European shares fell 1.1 percent to 850.17 points. The index rose 15.9 percent over the second quarter, its best performance since 1999, having hit a lifetime low on March 9. However, the rally has stalled in recent weeks, as some analysts feel it had gone too far, relative to the evidence of recovery.
FRANKFURT STOCKS EXCHANGE: The DAX index ended at 4,808.64 points, down 76.45 or 1.56 percent.
PARIS STOCKS EXCHANGE: The CAC-40 index closed at 3,140.44 points, down 53.24 or 1.67 percent.
ZURICH STOCKS EXCHANGE: The Swiss market index closed at 5,403.97 points, down 39.48 or 0.73 percent.
MILAN STOCKS EXCHANGE: The FT IT All Share index closed at 19,785.29 points, down 35.68 or 0.18 percent.
SYDNEY STOCKS EXCHANGE: Australian shares rose 1.8 percent, capping their best quarterly performance since 2004, as an earnings upgrade by retailer David Jones backed hopes the economic recovery may be gathering pace. The S&P/ASX 200 rose 68 points at a two-week closing high of 3,954.9 points.
JOHANNESBURG STOCKS EXCHANGE: South Africa's rand firmed as much as 2 percent against the greenback, buoyed by talk of a large dollar selling order from two international banks as well as domestic data showing a trade surplus for May. The All-share index closed at 22,049.42 points, down 254.81 or 1.14 percent. The All Gold index closed at 2,311.56 points, down 92.75 or 3.86 percent, while the Industrial index closed at 17,229.51 points, down 85.53 or 0.49 percent.