Closing stock market indices

Here is how major stock markets outside the United States ended on Monday.
EUROPE STOCKS EXCHANGE: European shares ended marginally down as a further strengthening in the euro drove car exporters like Renault lower, while heavily-weighed energy stocks were hit by a new drop in crude oil prices.
French heavy engineering firm Alstom slid 13.6 percent to 0.51 euros after Deutsche Bank slashed its price target to 0.18 euros from 0.35, saying there was a strong chance of a negative surprise in the company's first-half earnings report later this week.
The FTSEurofirst 300 index of pan-European shares shed 0.08 percent to 1,033.66 points, pulling back from a 28-month peak of 1,040.55 points set early in the session.
FRANKFURT STOCKS EXCHANGE: The DAX index ended at 4,134.34 points, down 9.01 or 0.22 percent.
PARIS STOCKS EXCHANGE: The CAC-40 index closed at 3,820.97 points, down 14.14 or 0.37 percent.
ZURICH STOCKS EXCHANGE: The Swiss market index closed at 5,674.3 points, down 14.9 or 0.26 percent.
MILAN STOCKS EXCHANGE: The All Share Mibtel index closed at 22,342 points, down 45 or 0.20 percent.
MELBOURNE STOCKS EXCHANGE: Australian stocks eased 0.3 percent on Wednesday as falls in the biggest companies outweighed record highs in building products maker Rinker and take-over target WMC Resources.
The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 ended down 11.2 points at 3,869.4 off Monday's record close.
JOHANNESBURG STOCKS EXCHANGE: Stocks ended higher following overseas markets but the world's second biggest gold miner AngloGold Ashanti starred on strong metal prices and uncertainty over its rivals, traders said. The All-share index closed at 12,263.87 points, up 51 or 0.42 percent.
The All Gold index closed at 1,949.78 points, up 26.74 or 1.39 percent, while the Industrial index closed at 9,066.41 points, up 57.04 or 0.63 percent.