Closing stock market indices

Here is how major stock markets outside the United States ended on Monday.
EUROPE STOCKS EXCHANGE: European shares tumbled nearly 3 percent to their lowest in five months, hit by weakness in oil and mining shares as some commodity prices fell but persistent concerns about inflation hit global markets.
The pan-European FTSEurofirst index of 300 leading shares closed down 2.7 percent at 1,271.4 points, its lowest since December 20 and sinking to negative territory for 2006.
FRANKFURT STOCKS EXCHANGE: The DAX index ended at 5,546.24 points, down 126.04 or 2.22 percent.
PARIS STOCKS EXCHANGE: The CAC-40 index closed 4,813.5 points, down 131.07 or 2.65 percent.
ZURICH STOCKS EXCHANGE: The Swiss market index closed at 7,430.21 points, down 184.04 or 2.42 percent.
MILAN STOCKS EXCHANGE: The All Share Mibtel index closed at 26,978 points, down 1067 or 3.80 percent.
SYDNEY STOCKS EXCHANGE: Shares fell 1.37 percent to a two-month closing low, as steep falls in copper and metal prices put pressure on miners such as BHP Billiton and Newcrest. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 shed 70.1 points to end at 5,030.8.
JOHANNESBURG STOCKS EXCHANGE: Commodity shares led stocks down, mirroring a global market slump, as diversified mining giant Anglo American fell more than 5 percent on the equity markets sell-off. The All-share index closed at 19,641.52 points, down 558.23 or 2.76 percent.
The All Gold index closed at 2,667.74 points, down 80.8 or 2.94 percent, while the Industrial index closed at 13,519.8 points, down 180.68 or 1.32 percent.