Closing stock market indices

Here is how major stock markets outside the United States ended on Tuesday.
EUROPE STOCK EXCHANGE: European stocks ended flat as crude oil hit a record $72.20 a barrel, putting the skids under airlines and carmakers, while resources stocks rallied to help propel Britain's FTSE 100 higher. Philips Electronics dropped after missing analysts' first-quarter forecasts, while online gamer PartyGaming sank on concerns about overexposure in the United States, and British Land rose after broker upgrades.
The FTSEurofirst index of Europe's top 300 shares closed 0.1 percent lower at 1,368.17 points in the first session since the four-day Easter break, with gains on Wall Street lending support late in the session.
FRANKFURT STOCK EXCHANGE: The DAX index ended at 5,902.58 points, down 15.99 or 0.27 percent.
PARIS STOCK EXCHANGE: The CAC-40 index closed at 5,095.97 points, down 6.65 or 0.13 percent.
ZURICH STOCK EXCHANGE: The Swiss market index closed at 7,961.35 points, down 45.99 or 0.57 percent.
MILAN STOCK EXCHANGE: The All Share Mibtel index closed at 29,204 points, down 54 or 0.18 percent.
SYDNEY STOCK EXCHANGE: Shares rose 1.41 percent to a new closing peak with strong copper and oil prices boosting miners such as BHP, while Toll Holdings soared after Patrick agreed to its take-over bid. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 Index added 72.9 points to close at 5,248.6.
JOHANNESBURG STOCK EXCHANGE: Stocks marched higher as a roaring gold price buoyed mining stocks and record-breaking oil prices and a broker upgrade boosted petrochemical firm Sasol. The All-share index closed at 20,946.9 points, up 279.93 or 1.35 percent. The All Gold index closed at 2,960.6 points, up 106.48 or 3.73 percent, while the Industrial index closed at 14,287.67 points, down 51.84 or 0.36 percent.