Closing stock market indices

Here is how major stock markets outside the United States ended on Thursday.
EUROPE STOCKS EXCHANGE: European stocks closed mixed after an extended rebound in the struggling technology sector outweighed a fall in oil shares as the crude price weakened.
Swiss specialty chemicals maker Ciba jumped 10 percent after it said it planned to cut jobs, while insurer Zurich fell 2 percent on concerns over the quality of its results, despite beating forecasts. The pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index closed 0.09 percent higher at 1,360.81 points.
FRANKFURT STOCKS EXCHANGE: The DAX index ended at 5833.51 points, up 20.57 or 0.35 percent.
PARIS STOCKS EXCHANGE: The CAC-40 index closed at 5144.84 points, up 7.53 or 0.15 percent.
ZURICH STOCKS EXCHANGE: The Swiss market index closed at 8112.76 points, up 23.05 or 0.28 percent.
MILAN STOCKS EXCHANGE: The All Share Mibtel index closed at 28581 points, up 101 or 0.35 percent.
SYDNEY STOCKS EXCHANGE: Australian shares jumped 1.9 percent to a one-month closing peak as a flurry of take-over activity, including a likely bid for retailer Coles Myer lifted gloom spread by earnings disappointments. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index rose 94.0 points to close at 5,055.9.
JOHANNESBURG STOCKS EXCHANGE: South African stocks marched higher as upbeat profit estimates boosted cell phone operator MTN and industrial group Bidvest while progress on lucrative UK contracts buoyed Netcare. The All-share index closed at 21385.14 points, up 304.62 or 1.45 percent. The All Gold index closed at 2897.4 points, down 32.41 or 1.11 percent, while the Industrial index closed at 14097.18 points, up 323.2 or 2.35 percent.