Closing stock market indices

Major stock markets outside the United States ended on Monday.
EUROPE STOCKS EXCHANGE: European shares rose for a third consecutive session as investors favoured industrial and automotive stocks and shrugged off renewed growth concerns in the United States. Among major movers were Royal Bank of Scotland, which rose by more than 4 percent after a report that the bank could sell assets including its minority stake in Bank of China.
The pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index closed 0.2 percent higher at 1,356.20 points, having fallen by as much as 0.2 percent to the day's low at 1,351.49 and erasing an earlier rise to the day's high at 1,367.24, which marked a gain of 1 percent.
FRANKFURT STOCKS EXCHANGE: The DAX index ended at 7,000.49 points, up 31.82 or 0.46 percent.
PARIS STOCKS EXCHANGE: The CAC-40 index closed at 4,973.64 points, down 4.42 or 0.09 percent.
ZURICH STOCKS EXCHANGE: The Swiss market index closed at 7,751.7 points, down 64.28 or 0.82 percent.
MILAN STOCKS EXCHANGE: The All Share Mibtel index closed at 26,479 points, up 155 or 0.59 percent.
SYDNEY STOCKS EXCHANGE: Shares rose 0.42 percent, but eased from earlier highs as investor nerves about the global economic outlook offset expectations global miner BHP Billiton would launch a bid for rival Rio Tinto this week. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index added 24.5 points to end at 5,867.4
JOHANNESBURG STOCKS EXCHANGE: Markets faltered in late trade, battered by a falling gold price and investor jitters about economic growth amid a severe energy crisis. The All-share index closed at 28,619.54 points, down 132.33 or 0.46 percent. The All Gold index closed at 2,387.08 points, down 111.29 or 4.45 percent, while the Industrial index closed at 18,983.87 points, up 62.41 or 0.33 percent.