Closing stock market indices

Here is how major stock markets outside the United States ended on Monday.
EUROPE STOCKS EXCHANGE: Disappointing updates from Dutch electronics group Philips as well as US financial giant Citigroup hit European shares, with energy stocks easing in step with oil prices.
British broadcaster ITV was another sore spot, down 3.4 percent as hopes of a bid for the media group faded, but Versatel bucked the weak trend, surging 13.5 percent after Swedish telecoms provider Tele2 offered 1.34 billion euros in cash for the Dutch telecoms company.
The FTSEurofirst 300 index of pan-European blue chips shed 0.25 percent to 1,160.6 points - about 0.8 percent below last Thursday's new three-year high of 1,170.34 points, but still 11.4 percent higher since the start of 2005.
FRANKFURT STOCKS EXCHANGE: The DAX index ended at 4,719.57 points, up 6.67 or 0.14 percent.
PARIS STOCKS EXCHANGE: The CAC-40 index closed at 4,363.47 points, down 10.3 or 0.24 percent.
ZURICH STOCKS EXCHANGE: The Swiss market index closed at 6,464.53 points, up 4.62 or 0.07 percent.
MILAN STOCKS EXCHANGE: The All Share Mibtel index closed at 25,399 points, up 23 or 0.09 percent.
SYDNEY STOCKS EXCHANGE: Shares rose to their highest in almost two weeks, boosted by a strong profit outlook from heavy building materials maker Rinker Group, though traders showed caution in the run-up to the August-September earnings season.
The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index rose 6.0 points, or 0.14 percent, at close at 4,298.4.
JOHANNESBURG STOCKS EXCHANGE: South African bank FirstRand and Imperial Holdings Ltd led banks, industrial and retail stocks higher as the market rallied, while a slightly weaker rand spurred miners. The All-share index closed at 14,766.5 points, up 45.57 or 0.31 percent.
The All Gold index closed at 1,721.71 points, up 7.57 or 0.44 percent, while the Industrial index closed at 10,986.76 points, up 19.99 or 0.18 percent.
TOKYO STOCKS EXCHANGE: The Japanese stock was closed for a public holiday. On Friday the Nikkei edged down 5.58 points to close at 11,758.68.
TAIPEI STOCKS EXCHANGE: Taiwan's stock market closed on Monday due to Typhoon Haitang, which shut all government offices, schools and businesses in the island's north and east.