Closing stock market indices

Major stock markets outside the United States ended on Tuesday.
EUROPE STOCKS EXCHANGE: European shares closed lower as US economic data disappointed investors, with banking and commodity stocks weighing the most on the main index. The pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index of top shares closed down 1.3 percent at 932.22 points, losing for the second day in a row after hitting its highest close in more than nine months on Friday.
FRANKFURT STOCKS EXCHANGE: The DAX index ended at 5285.81 points, down 132.31 or 2.44 percent.
PARIS STOCKS EXCHANGE: The CAC-40 index closed at 3456.18 points, down 48.36 or 1.38 percent.
ZURICH STOCKS EXCHANGE: The Swiss market index closed at 5949.98 points, down 57.57 or 0.96 percent.
MILAN STOCKS EXCHANGE: The FT IT All Share index closed at 21716.6 points, down 317.39 or 1.44 percent.
SYDNEY STOCKS EXCHANGE: Australian stocks ended 0.65 percent higher, with a late rally wiping out early losses, as strength in the banks helped to outweigh weakness in resources stocks. The S&P/ASX 200 index ended up 27.9 points at 4,332.0.
JOHANNESBURG STOCKS EXCHANGE: South African stocks slid, breaking seven days of gains as financials and miners lost ground while the rand shed more than one percent as global equities swooned amid waning risk appetite. The All-share index closed at 24681.68 points, down 389.33 or 1.55 percent. The All Gold index closed at 2322.59 points, down 96.16 or 3.98 percent, while the Industrial index closed at 19496.74 points, down 12.57 or 0.06 percent.