Closing stock market indices

Here is how major stock markets outside the United States ended on Tuesday.
EUROPE STOCK EXCHANGE: Drug leader GlaxoSmithKline and oil groups pushed European shares to a new 32-month peak as indications the US economy still has stamina outweighed dismal economic news at home. The FTSEurofirst 300 index closed up 0.36 percent at 1,103.16 points, pushing above 1,100 points for the first time since mid-June 2002.
Tuesday's advance was broad-based with nearly three stocks rising for each one that fell, with a firm Wall Street also helping bourses extend their gains.
FRANKFURT STOCK EXCHANGE: The DAX index ended at 4,402.03 points, up 15.63 or 0.36 percent.
PARIS STOCK EXCHANGE: The CAC-40 index closed at 4,030.45 points, up 18.34 or 0.46 percent.
ZURICH STOCK EXCHANGE: The Swiss market index closed at 5,916.9 points, up 3.9 or 0.07 percent.
MILAN STOCK EXCHANGE: The All Share Mibtel index closed at 24,905 points, up 58 or 0.23 percent.
SYDNEY STOCK EXCHANGE: Australian stocks closed slightly lower as investors paused in the midst of earnings season, growing cautious after the central bank's recent warning of a likely rate rise to cap inflation. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index finished 5.4 points, or 0.13 percent, easier at 4,144.8.
JOHANNESBURG STOCK EXCHANGE: South African shares slipped off record highs as a strong rand hit export-reliant resource stocks but diversified miner African Rainbow Minerals bucked the trend after solid results.
The All-share index closed at 13,089.28 points, down 43.14 or 0.33 percent. The All Gold index closed at 1,622.1 points, down 18.03 or 1.10 percent, while the Industrial index closed at 9,655.58 points, down 70.43 or 0.72 percent.