Closing stock market indices

Major stock markets outside the United States ended on Wednesday.
FRANKFURT STOCKS EXCHANGE: The DAX index ended at 5,574.26 points, up 92.53 or 1.69 percent.
PARIS STOCKS EXCHANGE: The CAC-40 index closed at 3707.69 points, up 46.73 or 1.28 percent.
ZURICH STOCKS EXCHANGE: The Swiss market index closed at 6,202.04 points, up 7.32 or 0.12 percent.
MILAN STOCKS EXCHANGE: The FT IT All Share index closed at 23,271.34 points, up 267.52 or 1.16 percent.
SYDNEY STOCKS EXCHANGE: Stocks came off an 11-month high to end little changed, as retailers and top shopping mall owner Westfield Group turned down after Australian retail sales unexpectedly fell in July. The S&P/ASX 200 index ended down 1.6 points at 4,522.2, after touching a high of 4,554.7, snapping three days of gains.
JOHANNESBURG STOCKS EXCHANGE: South Africa's rand briefly surged to a 13-month high to the dollar, buoyed by commodity prices and speculation MTN and Bharti Airtel had reached a deal, before retreating on a denial by the Indian mobile phone group. The All-share index closed at 25,085.92 points, down 140.24 or 0.56 percent. The All Gold index closed at 2,552.56 points, down 103.67 or 3.90 percent, while the Industrial index closed at 19,622.38 points, up 46.17 or 0.24 percent.