Closing stock market indices

Here is how major stock markets outside the United States ended on Monday.
EUROPE STOCK EXCHANGE: European shares recorded their biggest one-day points gain in 2-1/2 years, thanks to a raft of take-over stories, strong oil and banking earnings and Wall Street rising steadily late on. British mobile telecoms network operator O2 was Europe's top blue chip gainer, surging 25 percent after Telefonica's 17.7 billion-pound ($31.6 billion) offer.
Dutch bank ABN Amro and Norwegian oil firm Statoil also rose strongly on robust earnings, further boosting indexes as they forced sector peers higher. Europe's FTSEurofirst 300 index closed 2.2 percent or 25.8 points higher at 1,199.8 points. The points rise was the biggest one-day gain since April 7, 2003, when bourses were buoyed by hopes the Iraq War would end quickly.
FRANKFURT STOCK EXCHANGE: The DAX index ended at 4,929.07 points, up 103.43 or 2.14 percent.
PARIS STOCK EXCHANGE: The CAC-40 index closed at 4,436.45 points, up 109.74 or 2.54 percent.
ZURICH STOCK EXCHANGE: The Swiss market index closed at 7,039.23 points, up 164.33 or 2.39 percent.
MILAN STOCK EXCHANGE: The All Share Mibtel index closed at 25,061 points, up 438 or 1.78 percent.
SYDNEY STOCK EXCHANGE: Shares rose more than one percent in a broad rally mirroring Wall Street, while power retailer Australian Gas jumped on its A$1.43 billion Southern Hydro buy and plan to split into two listed companies. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index added 76.7 points, or 1.75 percent, to close at 4,459.7.
JOHANNESBURG STOCK EXCHANGE: Buoyant global markets powered stocks higher while expectations for stronger gold prices helped lift heavily-weighted miners like BHP Billiton and AngloGold Ashanti. The All-share index closed at 16,433.1 points, up 195.91 or 1.21 percent. The All Gold index closed at 2,063.18 points, up 38.35 or 1.89 percent, while the Industrial index closed at 11,976.89 points, up 186.26 or 1.58 percent.
MANILA STOCK EXCHANGE: Financial and stock markets in the Philippines are closed on Monday and Tuesday due to public holidays. Trading resumes Wednesday.