Closing stock market indices

Major stock markets outside the United States ended on Monday.
EUROPE STOCKS EXCHANGE: European shares ended sharply lower, taken down by big falls in energy and bank stocks like Barclays and BNP Paribas, while data underlined worries about the US economy. The FTSEurofirst 300 index of top European shares ended down 2.4 percent at 777.28 points, with banks and oils taking most points off the benchmark.
FRANKFURT STOCKS EXCHANGE: The DAX index ended at 4,271.04 points, down 67.31 or 1.55 percent.
PARIS STOCKS EXCHANGE: The CAC-40 index closed at 2,930.05 points, up/down 43.87 or 1.48 percent.
ZURICH STOCKS EXCHANGE: The Swiss market index closed at 5,166.96 points, down 123.09 or 2.33 percent.
MILAN STOCKS EXCHANGE: The All Share Mibtel index closed at 13,940 points, down 309 or 2.17 percent.
SYDNEY STOCKS EXCHANGE: Shares fell 1.22 percent, weighed down by gloomy global growth prospects and domestic recession worries, though a strong showing from miner Rio Tinto helped limit losses. The S&P/ASX 200 index lost 43.3 points to close at 3,497.4.
JOHANNESBURG STOCKS EXCHANGE: Stocks fell, shaken by weaker commodity prices and tracking global stocks lower to notch up a third straight day of losses, while the rand recovered from a one-week low. The All-share index closed at 19,924.46 points, down 645.59 or 3.14 percent. The All Gold index closed at 2,615.28 points, down 18.08 or 0.69 percent, while the Industrial index closed at 15,654.18 points, down 423.17 or 2.63 percent.