Closing stock market indices

Major stock markets outside the United States ended on Friday.
EUROPE STOCKS EXCHANGE: European shares rose, notching up their third day of gains in four, helped by a Goldman Sachs upgrade of the auto sector and a return of merger and acquisition talk. On a thin day for corporate earnings and macroeconomic data, the FTSEurofirst 300 index of top European shares ended 0.47 percent higher at 1,546.28 points.
FRANKFURT STOCKS EXCHANGE: The DAX index ended at 7,794.43 points, up 59.34 or 0.77 percent, rising 296.69 points since last Friday.
PARIS STOCKS EXCHANGE: The CAC-40 index closed at 5,700.65 points, up 11.89 or 0.21 percent, rising 161.73 points since September 14.
ZURICH STOCKS EXCHANGE: The Swiss market index closed at 8,897.34 points, up 0.62 or 0.01 percent. The index gained 124.76 points on the week.
MILAN STOCKS EXCHANGE: The All Share Mibtel index closed at 30,992 points, up 30 or 0.10 percent, 595 points higher on the week.
SYDNEY STOCKS EXCHANGE: Shares fell 0.56 percent, with US-exposed firms such as Westfield Group leading the way down on fresh worries about inflation in the world's biggest economy. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index fell 35.8 points to close at 6,357.9, adding 51.1 points over the week.
JOHANNESBURG STOCKS EXCHANGE: South Africa's rand hovered near an 8-week high as a struggling dollar buoyed commodity currencies, but equities reversed earlier gains this week as investors fretted about global economic prospects. The All-share index closed at 29,709.35 points, down 122.95 or 0.41 percent, up 781.3 points over the last seven days. The All Gold index closed at 2,751.08 points, down 29.82 or 1.07 percent, a gain of 128.2 points on the week. The Industrial index closed at 20,192.97 points, down 206.93 or 1.01 percent, down 169.55 points from last week.