Closing stock market indices

Here is how major stock markets outside the United States ended on Thursday.
EUROPE STOCK EXCHANGE: European share indexes staged a late turnaround to close the session higher, shrugging off the negative lead from heavyweight mining stocks as oil producers gained and US data helped calm interest rate worries.
Deutsche Boerse jumped as investors bet it stood a better chance of snaring Euronext after NYSE said it did not plan to change its bid terms, while Greece's National Bank dropped after a rights issue approval. "We hope there will an upside movement in euro stocks but it will be a very low, more technical move," said Guillaume Duchesne, equity strategist at Fortis Private Banking. "The trend is quite negative in Europe." The pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index closed 0.3 percent stronger at 1,311.13 points, having dropped as low as 1,295.08 as global markets remained volatile.
FRANKFURT STOCK EXCHANGE: The DAX index ended at 5,707.59 points, up 14.73 or 0.26 percent.
PARIS STOCK EXCHANGE: The CAC-40 index closed at 4,947.29 points, up 17.11 or 0.35 percent.
ZURICH STOCK EXCHANGE: The Swiss market index closed at 7,617.33 points, up 12.93 or 0.17 percent.
MILAN STOCK EXCHANGE: The All Share Mibtel index closed at 28,017 points, up 94 or 0.34 percent.
SYDNEY STOCK EXCHANGE: Shares rose 1.18 percent as miners such as BHP Billiton recovered after past two week's fall, while Tabcorp firmed after lobbing a higher rival bid for UNiTAB. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 Index added 58.9 points to end at 5,060.6.
JOHANNESBURG STOCK EXCHANGE: Falling mining stocks dragged South Africa's bourse over one percent down but platinum miner Implats surged 2 percent after it said it will increase its Zimbabwean investment to lift output. The All-share index closed at 20,358.25 points, down 207.21 or 1.01 percent. The All Gold index closed at 2,793.28 points, down 108.4 or 3.74 percent, while the Industrial index closed at 13,757 points, up 37.42 or 0.27 percent.