Closing stock market indices

Here is how major stock markets outside the United States ended on Monday.
EUROPE: European share indexes closed down with GlaxoSmithKline weaker as manufacturing problems weighed on Europe's largest drugmaker, but a fall in oil prices and tech sector gains on Wall Street limited the overall slide. Shares in the London Stock Exchange shed 7.8 percent after Deutsche Boerse scrapped its proposed 1.3 billion pound ($2.5 billion) bid, leaving rival Euronext as the sole party with a declared interest in winning control of Europe's largest equity market.
Shares in Euronext jumped to a life high and closed up 4.2 percent on hopes it will avoid a costly take-over battle for the LSE, while Deutsche Boerse shares closed down 2.6 percent. The FTSEurofirst 300 index of pan-European blue chips closed 0.1 percent weaker at 1,107 points, having touched a fresh 33-month peak of 1,109.5 points.
FRANKFURT: The DAX index ended at 4,428.09 points, up 4.57 or 0.10 percent.
PARIS: The CAC-40 index closed at 4,108 points, up 16.42 or 0.40 percent.
ZURICH: The Swiss market index closed at 6,014.58 points, up 5.24 or 0.09 percent.
MILAN: The All Share Mibtel index closed at 24,601 points, up 24 or 0.10 percent.
SYDNEY: Stocks closed stronger, lifted by fresh bullish sentiment over the global economic outlook, but the heavy number of stocks going ex-dividend tipped the bourse from its highs. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 closed up 18 points or 0.43 percent to 4,238.4.
JOHANNESBURG: Mining group BHP Billiton pushed the share market lower on concerns it may pay a premium for a stake in Australian miner WMC Resources. The All-share index closed at 13,541.47 points, down 93.26 or 0.68 percent. The All Gold index closed at 1,607.41 points, down 8.2 or 0.51 percent, while the Industrial index closed at 10,134.14 points, down 17.85 or 0.18 percent.