Closing stock market indices

Major stock markets outside the United States ended on Monday.
EUROPE STOCKS EXCHANGE: European shares hit a three-month closing high, to finish above a key resistance level, boosted by strong results from HSBC and BNP Paribas and better than expected US manufacturing data. The STOXX Europe 600 banking sector index surged 3.9 percent, snapping two days of losses. HSBC and BNP Paribas both jumped 5.3 percent, after the banks trumped earnings forecasts as bad debts fell sharply.
According to Thomson Reuters StarMine data, 12-month forecast earnings growth for the banking sector is one of the highest, at 81.4 percent, compared with the STOXX 600 average of 25.9 percent. The pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index closed up 2.6 percent at 1,070.93 points. The index has slipped in the past three sessions but ended 5 percent higher in July to record its first monthly gain since March.
FRANKFURT STOCKS EXCHANGE: The DAX index ended at 6,292.13 points, up 144.16 or 2.34 percent.
PARIS STOCKS EXCHANGE: The CAC-40 index closed at 3,752.03 points, up 108.89 or 2.99 percent.
ZURICH STOCKS EXCHANGE: The Swiss market index closed at 6,321.64 points, up 120.86 or 1.95 percent.
MILAN STOCKS EXCHANGE: The FT IT All Share index closed at 21,975.78 points, up 512.58 or 2.39 percent.
SYDNEY STOCKS EXCHANGE: Shares rose 1.07 percent, boosted by miners and banks, and propelled by some standout gainers such as Linc Energy which rallied 18.5 percent on talk it was ready to sell some coal asset. The S&P/ASX 200 index rose 48.1 points to 4,541.6.
JOHANNESBURG STOCKS EXCHANGE: South African assets rallied, with the rand and stocks hitting their highest levels in more than three months, as a global upswing in markets boosted risk appetite and demand for commodities. The All-share index closed at 28,883.19 points, up 527.98 or 1.86 percent. The All Gold index closed at 2,329.69 points, down 8.24 or 0.35 percent, while the Industrial index closed at 23,501.44 points, up 349.2 or 1.51 percent.