Closing stock market indices

Here is how major stock markets outside the United States ended on Tuesday.
EUROPE STOCKS EXCHANGE: Oil stocks drove European equity markets to a higher close with Shell in the lead as oil prices hit record highs, but economic worries and Royal Bank of Scotland's disappointing results capped sentiment.
US oil prices above $44 a barrel and data showing that US consumer spending had taken a much deeper dive than expected in June added to the perception among investors that growth may be peaking in the world's biggest economy.
The FTSE Eurotop 300 index of pan-European blue chips gained 0.32 percent to end at 983.9 points on seasonally light volumes made thinner by investor caution.
FRANKFURT STOCKS EXCHANGE: The DAX index ended at 3877.32 points, up 14.61 or 0.38 percent.
PARIS STOCKS EXCHANGE: The CAC-40 index closed at 3650.8 points, up 27.01 or 0.75 percent.
ZURICH STOCKS EXCHANGE: The Swiss market index closed at 5588.6 points, up 50.8 or 0.92 percent.
MILAN STOCKS EXCHANGE: The All Share Mibtel index closed at 20748 points, up 70 or 0.34 percent.
SYDNEY STOCKS EXCHANGE: Stocks finished 0.27 percent firmer at a three-week high, notching up a seventh consecutive gain as banks extended their rebound and News Corp shook off recent weakness on a strong US lead.
A rally in soft drink bottler Coca-Cola Amatil, sparked by solid earnings, further helped push the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index up 9.5 points to 3,554.4 not too far off the record high of 3,568.7 set on July 8.
JOHANNESBURG STOCKS EXCHANGE: South African stocks extended a winning streak, touching nearly a two-month peak as a weaker rand lifted mining shares, except iron ore producer Kumba, which slid ahead of results.
The all share index gained 0.7 percent or 72.98 points to close at 10,433.17, marking the eighth straight trading session the index has closed higher.
The All Gold index closed at 1721.99 points, up 15.67 or 0.92 percent, while the Industrial index closed at 7400.75 points, up 23.27 or 0.32 percent.