Closing stock market indices

Major stock markets outside the United States ended on Tuesday
EUROPE STOCKS EXCHANGE: European shares edged higher, helped by a rise in US consumer confidence data, though gains were limited by fears for economic recovery, with the market recording its worst monthly decline since May. Merger and acquisition news also helped support the market.
ARM gained 8.6 percent after US chipmaker Intel unveiled a deal to buy German chipmaker Infineon's wireless unit. Infineon was down 0.9 percent. The pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index of top shares closed up 0.1 percent at 1,026.34 points, down around 1.7 percent for the month.
FRANKFURT STOCKS EXCHANGE: The DAX index ended at 5,925.22 points, up 12.81 or 0.22 percent.
PARIS STOCKS EXCHANGE: The CAC-40 index closed at 3,490.79 points, up 3.78 or 0.11 percent.
ZURICH STOCKS EXCHANGE: The Swiss market index closed at 6,180.89 points, down 24.35 or 0.39 percent.
MILAN STOCKS EXCHANGE: The FT IT All Share index closed at 20,317.06 points, up 35.2 or 0.17 percent.
MELBOURNE STOCKS EXCHANGE: Stocks fell 1.09 percent, erasing part of Monday's gains as investors shied away from risk and pushed down the big miners and banks on worries about a shaky global economic recovery. The S&P/ASX 200 index ended down 48.5 points at 4,404.2, near its session low, after jumping 1.9 percent on Monday.
JOHANNESBURG STOCKS EXCHANGE: The rand softened against the dollar but failed to break convincingly through the 7.43 support level as investors largely shrugged off a public sector strike. The All-share index closed at 27,253.87 points, up 111.87 or 0.41 percent. The All Gold index closed at 2,500.89 points, up 34.12 or 1.38 percent, while the Industrial index closed at 22,801.48 points, up 193.18 or 0.85 percent.