Closing stock market indices

Major stock markets outside the United States ended on Monday.
EUROPE STOCKS EXCHANGE: European shares closed lower for a fifth straight session, with mining and oil stocks leading the march down, but some investors ventured back into selected stocks, lifting the market well above session lows.
Royal & Sun Alliance was among a handful of strong stocks, adding 3.9 percent after the British insurer completed the disposal of its troubled US operation, while banking giant HSBC rose 1.1 percent after reporting 2006 earnings.
But that was not enough to turn around sentiment, bedevilled by ongoing global economic and foreign exchange worries, and the FTSEurofirst 300 index of top European shares closed 1.2 percent lower at 1,446.30 points - bringing the market's slide over the last five sessions to 6.7 percent.
FRANKFURT STOCKS EXCHANGE: The DAX index ended at 6,534.57 points, down 68.75 or 1.04 percent.
PARIS STOCKS EXCHANGE: The CAC-40 index closed at 5,385.03 points, down 39.67 or 0.73 percent.
ZURICH STOCKS EXCHANGE: The Swiss market index closed at 8,676.86 points, down 121.85 or 1.38 percent.
MILAN STOCKS EXCHANGE: The All Share Mibtel index closed at 31,092 points, down 359 or 1.14 percent.
SYDNEY STOCKS EXCHANGE: Shares fell 2.29 percent, erasing their gains for 2007, as investors sold index heavyweights such as top miners on worries about the outlook for global equity markets after last week's sell-off.
The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index slipped 132.4 points to a seven-week closing low of 5,653.6, after falling 4.1 percent last week.
JOHANNESBURG STOCKS EXCHANGE: South African stocks spiralled down to the lowest levels in six weeks, hit by a global rout in stocks and tumbling metals prices. The All-share index closed at 24,919.46 points, down 641.66 or 2.51 percent.
The All Gold index closed at 2,683.77 points, down 68.16 or 2.48 percent, while the Industrial index closed at 17,700.86 points, down 364.41 or 2.02 percent.
BANGKOK STOCKS EXCHANGE: Thailand's financial markets were closed for a national holiday on Monday. Trading will resume on Tuesday.