Closing stock market indices

Major stock markets outside the United States ended on Monday.
EUROPE STOCKS EXCHNAGE: European shares recovered late from a dip induced by weaker US factory data as merger activity within the telecoms sector supported the broader market.
Telecom Italia was the day's biggest gainer after US phone giant AT&T and Mexican cell phone operator America Movil put in a bid for the company that controls the Italian operator worth 4.5 billion euros ($6.01 billion), according to Reuters calculations. The pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 ended up 0.35 percent at 1,521.03 points, having touched a high earlier high of 1,522.59 points
FRANKFURT STOCKS EXCHNAGE: The DAX index ended 6,937.17 points, up 20.14 or 0.29 percent.
PARIS STOCKS EXCHNAGE: The CAC-40 index closed at 5,645.56 points, up 11.4 or 0.20 percent.
ZURICH STOCKS EXCHNAGE: The Swiss market index closed at 8,956.31 points, down 20.68 or 0.23 percent.
MILAN STOCKS EXCHNAGE: The All Share Mibtel index closed at 32,705 points, up 164 or 0.50 percent.
SYDNEY STOCKS EXCHNAGE: Shares fell 1.32 percent, led by declines in the top banks and miners, after stronger-than-expected domestic data fuelled speculation the Australian central bank could raise interest rates this week. The Australian benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index slipped 79.2 points to 5,915.8, posting its biggest one-day percentage fall in nearly three weeks.
JOHANNESBURG STOCKS EXCHNAGE: South Africa's Sappi jumped as much as 10 percent on prospects it may raise prices in its US market, while banks and industrial stocks surged, sending the bourse higher as global markets fell. The All-share index closed at 27,418.88 points, up 151.64 or 0.56 percent. The All Gold index closed at 2,913.22 points, up 29.25 or 1.01 percent, while the Industrial index closed at 18,930.79 points, up 176.61 or 0.94 percent.