Closing stock market indices

Major stock markets outside the United States ended on Wednesday.
EUROPEAN STOCKS EXCHANGE: European shares snapped a six-day winning streak on Wednesday, hit by weak US employment data and commodity stocks suffering from lower crude and metal prices. The pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index of top European shares closed 1.3 percent down at 877.85 points after falling as low as 871.92.
FRANKFURT STOCKS EXCHANGE: The DAX index ended at 4,937.47 points, down 88.84 or 1.77 percent.
PARIS STOCKS EXCHANGE: The CAC-40 index closed at 3,346.09 points, down 50.13 or 1.48 percent.
ZURICH STOCKS EXCHANGE: The Swiss market index closed at 5,761.69 points, down 37.62 or 0.65 percent.
MILAN STOCKS EXCHANGE: The All Share Mibtel index closed at 15,958 points, down 141 or 0.88 percent.
SYDNEY STOCKS EXCHANGE: Stocks extended their rally, rising 0.99 percent, lifted by the top miners on tentative optimism that generous spending by governments around the world may speed up an economic recovery. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index gained 37 points to close at 3,779.7, adding to a 1.5 percent gain on Tuesday to push the market to its highest close in more than two months.
JOHANNESBURG STOCKS EXCHANGE: Stocks snapped a six-day rally as renewed worries about world growth hit equity markets, while the rand slipped on lingering risk aversion and a dip in metals prices. The All-share index closed at 22,718.97 points, down 200.79 or 0.88 percent. The All Gold index closed at 2,277.38 points, up 76.07 or 3.46 percent, while the Industrial index closed at 17,350 points, down 252.5 or 1.43 percent.