Closing stock market indices

Major stock markets outside the United States ended on Tuesday.
EUROPE STOCKS EXCHANGE: European shares ended slightly higher as upbeat comments from Britain's Barclays soothed investors fearing more losses in the financial sector after a shock writedown from Credit Suisse. The FTSEurofirst 300 index closed up 0.17 percent at 1,337.54 points with oil stocks among top performers as crude surged. BP rose 0.6 percent, Royal Dutch Shell was up 1.2 percent and Total gained 1.2 percent.
FRANKFURT STOCKS EXCHANGE: The DAX index ended at 7,002.29 points, up 34.74 or 0.50 percent.
PARIS STOCKS EXCHANGE: The CAC-40 index closed at 4,885.83 points, up 24.03 or 0.49 percent.
ZURICH STOCKS EXCHANGE: The Swiss market index closed at 7,462.73 points, down 23.98 or 0.32 percent.
MILAN STOCKS EXCHANGE: The All Share Mibtel index closed at 26,012 points, up 138 or 0.53 percent.
SYDNEY STOCKS EXCHANGE: Shares rose 1.09 percent, ending two straight sessions of losses, as investors snapped up banking stocks battered in the previous session, and as strong metal prices lifted top miners. The S&P/ASX 200 index rose 60.7 points to 5,619.1, after falling a total of 2.3 percent in the previous two sessions.
JOHANNESBURG STOCKS EXCHANGE: Shares on South Africa's bourse rose, led by mining stocks but the rand lost steam after firming earlier on stronger metal prices. The All-share index closed at 29,572.22 points, up 554.16 or 1.91 percent. The All Gold index closed at 2,351.29 points, up 51.16 or 2.22 percent, while the Industrial index closed at 18,973.48 points, up 192.22 or 1.02 percent.