Closing stock market indices

Major stock markets outside the United States ended on Tuesday.
EUROPE STOCKS EXCHANGE: European shares rose, snapping two consecutive days of falls as sovereign debt fears waned after Greece received funds from the European Union to repay its immediate debt. Banks featured among the best performers with Banco Santander, BNP Paribas, UBS and Societe Generale up 2.1 percent to 6.1 percent. The pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index of top shares closed up 1.34 percent at 1,026.64 points, but was still down 1.8 percent for the year.
FRANKFURT STOCKS EXCHANGE: The DAX index ended at 6,155.93 points, up 89.01 or 1.47 percent.
PARIS STOCKS EXCHANGE: The CAC-40 index closed at 3,617.32 points, up 73.77 or 2.08 percent.
ZURICH STOCKS EXCHANGE: The Swiss market index closed at 6,470.84 points, up 41.98 or 0.65 percent.
MILAN STOCKS EXCHANGE: The FT IT All Share index closed at 20,890.02 points, up 474.19 or 2.32 percent.
SYDNEY STOCKS EXCHANGE: Australian shares eked out a tiny gain, failing to capitalise on a late bounce on Wall Street with investors worried about the European bailout and a planned profits tax on mining companies. The S&P/ASX 200 index picked up 3.5 points to reach 4,470, crawling back from a 3.1 percent drop on Monday.
JOHANNESBURG STOCKS EXCHANGE: South African banks drove the Johannesburg bourse higher, lifted by positive sentiment out of Europe, but the rand was softer against the dollar, tracking lingering weakness in the euro and a lower gold price. The All-share index closed at 27,573.83 points, up 267.09 or 0.98 percent. The All Gold index closed at 2,493.15 points, down 31.29 or 1.24 percent, while the Industrial index closed at 22,094.4 points, up 354.6 or 1.63 percent.