Closing stock market indices

Major stock markets outside the United States ended on Tuesday.
EUROPE STOCKS EXCHANGE: European shares ended flat, with gains in the utility sector offsetting falls in banks, with UBS up on a forecast bumper profit at its fixed income business. The FTSEurofirst 300 index of top European shares provisionally closed up 0.01 percent at 1,079.34 points, having earlier reached 1,086.03, its highest since early October 2008.
FRANKFURT STOCKS EXCHANGE: The DAX index ended at 6,142.45 points, down 14.4 or 0.23 percent.
PARIS STOCKS EXCHANGE: The CAC-40 index closed at 3,987.41 points, down 13.25 or 0.33 percent.
ZURICH STOCKS EXCHANGE: The Swiss market index closed at 6,871.42 points, up 20.84 or 0.30 percent.
MILAN STOCKS EXCHANGE: The FT IT All Share index closed at 23,513.99 points, down 93.81 or 0.40 percent.
SYDNEY STOCKS EXCHANGE: Stocks rose 0.4 percent, shored up by miners after copper hit a 19-month high and global miners settled iron ore contracts that reflected the strong spot market. The S&P/ASX 200 index gained 19.5 points to close at 4,916.8.
JOHANNESBURG STOCKS EXCHANGE: Stocks hit their highest level in 20 months, led by mining shares on the back of rising commodity prices. The All-share index closed at 28,735.26 points, up 29.44 or 0.10 percent. The All Gold index closed at 2,192.93 points, down 37.6 or 1.69 percent, while the Industrial index closed at 22,367.07 points, down 102.47 or 0.46 percent.