Closing stock market indices

Major stock markets outside the United States ended on Tuesday.
EUROPE STOCKS EXCHANGE: European stocks reached a ten-week high, as banks rallied on hopes the worst of the credit crunch might be past, but gains were limited by a drop in energy shares on the back of lower crude oil prices.
The mining sector also retreated amid mixed metal prices and after a sharp advance over the past two weeks. The FTSEurofirst 300 index of top European shares closed 0.3 percent higher at 1,568.26 points, its highest close since July 25, after rising as high as 1,575.94.
FRANKFURT STOCKS EXCHANGE: The DAX index ended at 7,946.79 points, up 24.37 or 0.31 percent.
PARIS STOCKS EXCHANGE: The CAC-40 index closed at 5,799.27 points, up 26.01 or 0.45 percent.
ZURICH STOCKS EXCHANGE: The Swiss market index closed at 9,073.99 points, up 51.44 or 0.57 percent.
MILAN STOCKS EXCHANGE: The All Share Mibtel index closed at 31,379 points, up 7 or 0.02 percent.
JOHANNESBURG STOCKS EXCHANGE: South African banks helped stocks to a new all-time closing high as a more dovish interest rate view swept the market, while the rand sank over one percent against a firmer dollar.
The All-share index closed at 30,430.71 points, up 263.19 or 0.87 percent. The All Gold index closed at 2,557.54 points, down 27.4 or 1.06 percent, while the Industrial index closed at 2,0491.48 points, up 309.96 or 1.54 percent.