Closing stock market indices

Here is how major stock markets outside the United States ended on Tuesday.
EUROPE STOCKS EXCHANGE: European shares closed at a three-month high, as strength on Wall Street offered support after data had earlier shown German investor sentiment plunging in August to its lowest level in more than five years.
Finnish utility Fortum was a leading gainer, adding 4 percent after Dresdner Kleinwort restarted coverage of the stock with a "buy" rating, while the firm also said it will invest 200 million euros in a new combined heat and power plant. The FTSEurofirst 300 index of top European shares officially closed 0.3 percent up at 1,360.95. The narrower DJ Stoxx 50 was 0.4 percent firmer at 3,500.06.
FRANKFURT STOCKS EXCHANGE: The DAX index ended at 5,818.41 points, up 23.58 or 0.41 percent.
PARIS STOCKS EXCHANGE: The CAC-40 index closed at 5,128.33 points, up 23.68 or 0.46 percent.
ZURICH STOCKS EXCHANGE: The Swiss market index closed at 8,080.62 points, up 23.03 or 0.29 percent.
MILAN STOCKS EXCHANGE: The All Share Mibtel index closed at 28,673 points, up 113 or 0.40 percent.
SYDNEY STOCKS EXCHANGE: Shares rose 0.25 percent to a six-week closing peak as higher copper and oil prices boosted resource stocks, though Coles Myer Ltd slipped after it said it had received a conditional bid from leveraged funds. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index rose 12.6 points to 5,076.2, its highest close since July 13.
JOHANNESBURG STOCKS EXCHANGE: South African resources shares were buoyed by steady metal prices and a weaker rand with Gold Fields leading the surge, as tensions in the Middle East boosted the market even further. The All-share index closed at 21,990.14 points, up 256.16 or 1.18 percent. The All Gold index closed at 3,075.14 points, up 87.94 or 2.94 percent, while the Industrial index closed at 14,148.94 points, down 6.88 or 0.05 percent.