Closing stock market indices

Here is how major stock markets outside the United States ended on Tuesday.
EUROPE STOCKS EXCHANGE: European stocks closed steady, retreating from the day's highs as a spike in oil prices to a new record revived fears about the impact on corporate profits. US crude oil futures jumped $3.65 to a record $70.85 per barrel after Hurricane Katrina shut most of the oil production in the Gulf of Mexico.
The rise in oil prices hit vehicle makers' stocks, with Volkswagen off 1.3 percent and DaimlerChrysler down 1 percent. The pan-European FTSEurofirst index of 300 blue chips closed steady at 1,166.9 points, having hit an intra-day high of 1,172.9 points.
FRANKFURT STOCKS EXCHANGE: The DAX index ended at 4,791.72 points, down 20.52 or 0.43 percent.
PARIS STOCKS EXCHANGE: The CAC-40 index closed at 4,356.66 points, down 4.61 or 0.11 percent.
ZURICH STOCKS EXCHANGE: The Swiss market index closed 6,473.22 points, up 9.55 or 0.15 percent.
MILAN STOCKS EXCHANGE: The All Share Mibtel index closed at 25,438 points, down 38 or 0.15 percent.
JOHANNESBURG STOCKS EXCHANGE: Stocks edged higher as a weaker rand spurred some resource stocks, but Harmony and AngloGold Ashanti slid on falling gold prices. The all-share index gained 0.22 percent or 34.10 points to close at 15,300.52.
The All Gold index closed at 1,619.56, down 28.13 points or 1.71 percent. The Industrial index closed up 5.98 points, or 0.05 percent at 11,347.87.