Closing stock market indices

Here is how major stock markets outside the United States ended on Tuesday.
EUROPE STOCKS EXCHANGE: European shares closed lower after shares in mobile network giant Vodafone suffered their steepest one-day fall since 1998, hit by a weak earnings outlook that sent the telecoms sector falling.
UK drinks group Diageo also weighed as it warned that first-half sales and profit growth may fall short of forecasts due to disruptions caused by US hurricanes, while Altana tumbled after a drug application withdrawal.
The FTSEurofirst 300 index of pan European blue chips closed 0.4 percent lower at 1,234.08 points, down from a 3 1/2 year high of 1,242.88 set on Monday.
FRANKFURT STOCKS EXCHANGE: The DAX index ended at 5,110.61 points, up 18.18 or 0.36 percent.
PARIS STOCKS EXCHANGE: The CAC-40 index closed at 4,543.15 points, down 5.3 or 0.12 percent.
ZURICH STOCKS EXCHANGE: The Swiss market index closed at 7,322.72 points, up 9.71 or 0.13 percent.
MILAN STOCKS EXCHANGE: The All Share Mibtel index closed at 25,640 points, down 19 or 0.07 percent.
SYDNEY STOCKS EXCHANGE: Shares eased from near six-week highs, as losses in Macquarie Bank and phone company Telstra outweighed gains in Woodside Petroleum and other banks. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index edged down 5.2 points, or 0.11 percent, to 4,603.2, after rising 1.7 percent in the past three days.
JOHANNESBURG STOCKS EXCHANGE: South African banks and miners BHP Billiton and Anglo American dragged the bourse lower, tracking global markets, but glossy paper maker Sappi shone on talk of sector consolidation. The All-share index closed at 17,294.72 points, down 99.66 or 0.57 percent.
The All Gold index closed at 2,229.47 points, down 24.72 or 1.10 percent, while the Industrial index closed at 12,527.63 points, down 42.8 or 0.34 percent.