Closing stock market indices

Here is how major stock markets outside the United States ended on Tuesday.
EUROPE STOCKS EXCHANGE: A reassuring US consumer confidence report and pleasing earnings from car maker Peugeot and UK insurer Prudential helped European stock indexes rebound from 2004 lows.
Upbeat second-half forecasts from US telephone giant Verizon Communications helped quell concern about the sustainability of earnings growth.
Such worries have dogged market sentiment since the start of the reporting season.
The news also boosted selected technology stocks this side of the Atlantic as Swedish telecoms equipment maker Ericsson added 4.6 percent.
FRANKFURT STOCKS EXCHANGE: The DAX index ended at 3,814.08 points, up 61.49 or 1.64 percent.
PARIS STOCKS EXCHANGE: The CAC-40 index closed at 3,565.1 points, up 32.49 or 0.92 percent.
ZURICH STOCKS EXCHANGE: The Swiss market index closed at 5,501.9 points, up 57.9 or 1.06 percent.
MILAN STOCKS EXCHANGE: The All Share Mibtel index closed at 20,429 points, up 123 or 0.61 percent.
SYDNEY STOCKS EXCHANGE: Australian stocks edged up after a rebound in banking stocks fizzled, but Centro Property Group jumped after another take-over bid in the hot property sector. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index closed up 0.1 percent or 4.0 points to 3,489.7.
JOHANNESBURG STOCKS EXCHANGE: The South African bourse remained in positive territory as mining shares continued to benefit from a weakening rand.
The All-share index closed at 10,163.43 points, up 90.57 or 0.90 percent. The All Gold index closed at 1,555.34 points, up 10.51 or 0.68 percent, while the Industrial index closed at 7,361.65 points, up 68.2 or 0.94 percent.