Closing stock market indices

Major stock markets outside the United States ended on Tuesday.
EUROPEAN STOCKS EXCHANGE: European shares closed higher after data showed US consumer confidence at its highest level in eight months, outweighing investor worries about a North Korean missile launch. The FTSEurofirst 300 index of top European shares rose 0.9 percent to close at 865.14 points, having been as low as 842.26 earlier.
FRANKFURT STOCKS EXCHANGE: The DAX index ended at 4,985.6 points, up 67.15 or 1.37 percent.
PARIS STOCKS EXCHANGE: The CAC-40 index closed at 3,270.09 points, up 33.93 or 1.05 percent.
ZURICH STOCKS EXCHANGE: The Swiss market index closed at 5,431.27 points, down 14.97 or 0.27 percent.
MILAN STOCKS EXCHANGE: The All Share Mibtel index closed at 15,989 points, up 230 or 1.46 percent.
SYDNEY STOCKS EXCHANGE: Stocks rose 1.35 percent, recovering from the previous day's one-week closing low, as iron ore miners got a boost after Rio Tinto Ltd achieved a better-than-expected outcome in iron ore price talks. The S&P/ASX 200 index gained 50.5 points to 3,788.4. It had fallen to as lows as 3,723.1.
JOHANNESBURG STOCKS EXCHANGE: The rand weakened against the dollar after data showed the economy had sunk into its first recession in 17 years, but later pared losses as US markets firmed, while stocks edged up. The All-share index closed at 22,440.84 points, up 33.56 or 0.15 percent. The All Gold index closed at 2,655.42 points, down 60.48 or 2.23 percent, while the Industrial index closed at 17,521.77 points, down 127.13 or 0.72 percent.