Closing stock market indices

Here is how major stock markets outside the United States ended on Monday.
EUROPE STOCKS EXCHANGE: European shares rose for a third session as investors returned to beaten-down sectors like technology and cars, while oil giant BP's pledge to hand back cash to shareholders added to the bullish tone.
A parallel advance on Wall Street and outside hopes for an interest cut in Europe later in the week also helped sentiment as investors indicated that last week's slide to 2004 lows had been overdone.
Among the standouts, BP rose two percent after the world's second-largest oil firm pledged to hand back "significant" extra cash to shareholders over the next three years on the back of high oil prices.
German carmaker Volkswagen gained 2.7 percent after data showed its sales of passenger cars in China jumped 40 percent last year.
The FTSE Eurotop 300 index ended up 1.2 percent at 985.05.
FRANKFURT STOCKS EXCHANGE: The DAX index ended at 3881.25 points, up 58.92 or 1.54 percent.
PARIS STOCKS EXCHANGE: The CAC-40 index closed at 3634.18 points, up 41.79 or 1.16 percent.
ZURICH STOCKS EXCHANGE: The Swiss market index closed at 5644.2 points, up 57.2 or 1.02 percent.
MILAN STOCKS EXCHANGE: The All Share Mibtel index closed at 20368 points, up 258 or 1.28 percent.
SYDNEY STOCKS EXCHANGE: Australian stocks eased after recent defensive favourites such as banks and property trusts fell after a sharp sell-off in bond futures.
The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index ended 17.5 points, or 0.51 percent, lower at 3,411.
JOHANNESBURG STOCKS EXCHANGE: South Africa's stock market ended in negative territory as a strong rand - boosted by a huge corporate deal - sank heavyweight dual-listed shares and rand-hedge stocks such as fuel group Sasol.
The All-share index closed at 10617.35 points, down 35.85 or 0.34 percent.
The All Gold index closed at 2226.69 points, down 58.41 or 2.56 percent, while the Industrial index closed at 7171.67 points, down 1.59 or 0.02 percent.