Closing stock market indices

Major stock markets outside the United States ended on Thursday.
EUROPEAN STOCKS EXCHANGE: European share markets closed higher, bouncing after five days of losses, with miners and banks among those regaining some lost ground. The FTSEurofirst 300 index of top European shares was up 0.8 percent at 823.32 points, below its high for the day of 829.88 and after falling for five sessions in a row.
The benchmark is up more than 27 percent form the lifetime low in early March but the rally stalled last month on concerns about the pace of global economic recovery and corporate profits. The index hit a 10-week closing low on Wednesday.
FRANKFURT STOCKS EXCHANGE: The DAX index ended at 4,630.07 points, up 57.42 or 1.26 percent.
PARIS STOCKS EXCHANGE: The CAC-40 index closed at 3,025.94 points, up 16.23 or 0.54 percent.
ZURICH STOCKS EXCHANGE: The Swiss market index closed at 5,305.39 points, up 16 or 0.30 percent.
MILAN STOCKS EXCHANGE: The FT IT All Share index closed at 18,850.25 points, up 189.61 or 1.02 percent.
SYDNEY STOCKS EXCHANGE: Australian shares dipped 0.1 percent, with investors seen reluctant to commit cash before more was revealed about the outlook for company profits in the upcoming earnings season. The S&P/ASX 200 index fell just 4.6 points to 3,763.3.
JOHANNESBURG STOCKS EXCHANGE: South Africa's rand was slightly firmer against the dollar in a choppy session where it gave back most of its earlier gains, dictated mostly by overseas trends and shrugging off local manufacturing data. The All-share index closed at 22,157.88 points, up 143.83 or 0.65 percent. The All Gold index closed at 2,239.89 points, down 21.34 or 0.94 percent, while the Industrial index closed at 17,805.58 points, up 75.91 or 0.43 percent.