Closing stock market indices

Major stock markets outside the United States ended on Tuesday.
EUROPE STOCKS EXCHANGE: European stocks ended higher, reversing all of the previous session's losses after Standard & Poor's affirmed its credit ratings on Greece's debt, while energy shares tracked a strong rally in oil prices. Investors were also relieved after EU finance ministers backed plans to help debt-troubled Greece financially if needed. Late on Monday ministers from the 16-country eurozone said they had agreed on the "technical modalities" that would allow aid to be quickly rolled out.
The FTSEurofirst 300 index of top European shares closed 1 percent higher at 1,061.17 points after rising to as high as 1,063.71 in the session, just a few points shy of a seven-week high reached last Friday.
FRANKFURT STOCKS EXCHANGE: The DAX index ended at 5,970.99 points, up 67.43 or 1.14 percent.
PARIS STOCKS EXCHANGE: The CAC-40 index closed at 3,938.95 points, up 48.04 or 1.23 percent.
ZURICH STOCKS EXCHANGE: The Swiss market index closed at 6,874.43 points, up 49.33 or 0.72 percent.
MILAN STOCKS EXCHANGE: The FT IT All Share index closed at 23,112.38 points, up 241.99 or 1.06 percent.
SYDNEY STOCKS EXCHANGE: Stocks edged up 0.28 percent, with investors reluctant to take big positions after a recent rally and ahead of the US Federal Reserve's policy meeting later in the day. The S&P/ASX 200 index ended up 13.2 points at 4,797.2, after declining 34.0 points on Monday.
JOHANNESBURG STOCKS EXCHANGE: South African stocks rose as sentiment improved on the back of firmer global equities, with investors buying local mining and industrial shares, and retailer Pick 'n Pay hit a new record high. The All-share index closed at 28,252.59 points, up 219.72 or 0.78 percent. The All Gold index closed at 2,219.31 points, up 32.03 or 1.46 percent, while the Industrial index closed at 22,554.02 points, up 154.13 or 0.69 percent.