Closing stock market indices

Here is how major stock markets outside the United States ended on Thursday.
EUROPE STOCK EXCHANGE: European shares ended mixed, with Britain's blue chip FTSE 100 index closing at a four-year high as oil stocks like BP tracked crude price gains and German markets dipping on election fears.
TDC, Denmark's biggest telecoms firm, was a standout gainer, up nearly 7 percent after sources close to the matter said US buyout giant KKR had thrown its weight behind a group bidding for it. Bonds in the cash-rich TDC fell. The FTSEurofirst 300 index of leading European shares ended 0.1 percent up at 1,206.5 points, below a 40-month high of 1,213.6 points hit on Monday.
PARIS STOCK EXCHANGE: The CAC-40 index closed at 4,479.39 points, up 8.96 or 0.20 percent.
ZURICH STOCK EXCHANGE: The Swiss market index closed at 6,752.84 points, up 21.26 or 0.32 percent.
FRANKFURT STOCK EXCHANGE: The DAX index ended at 4,905.98 points, down 5.19 or 0.11 percent.
MILAN STOCK EXCHANGE: The All Share Mibtel index closed at 26,368 points, down 29 or 0.11 percent.
SYDNEY STOCK EXCHANGE: Shares retreated from new peak to end slightly lower as banks fell after the past week's rise, but the nation's top phone firm Telstra gained after parliament cleared its full sale. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index dropped 4.3 points, or 0.1 percent, to close at 4,513.9.
JOHANNESBURG STOCK EXCHANGE: Stocks swept to a record peak as surging gold prices propelled mining companies higher and luxury goods maker Richemont unveiled forecast-beating sales figures. The All-share index closed at 16,148.66 points, up 164 or 1.03 percent. The All Gold index closed at 1,882.74 points, up 83.46 or 4.64 percent, while the Industrial index closed at 11,980.03 points, up 55.41 or 0.46 percent.