Closing stock market indices

Major stock markets outside the United States ended on Tuesday
EUROPE STOCKS EXCHANGE: European stocks fell for a second straight day, led lower by banking and auto shares as investors shed riskier assets after a report showed US consumer confidence fell to its lowest since February. The FTSEurofirst 300 index of top European shares closed 0.3 percent lower at 1,070.77 points after trading in a wide range of 1,061.51 to 1,077.22.
The index is up about 4 percent this month and 2.3 percent higher in 2010. Sentiment also worsened after figures showed single-family US home prices dipped in July as high unemployment and millions of foreclosed homes and distressed borrowers kept stalling a home price recovery. Concerns about the pace of global economic recovery, the condition of eurozone banks and sovereign debt levels also prompted investors to stay cautious.
FRANKFURT STOCKS EXCHANGE: The DAX index ended at 6,276.09 points, down 2.8 or 0.04 percent.
PARIS STOCKS EXCHANGE: The CAC-40 index closed at 3,762.35 points, down 3.81 or 0.10 percent.
ZURICH STOCKS EXCHANGE: The Swiss market index closed at 6,334.38 points, down 4.51 or 0.07 percent.
MILAN STOCKS EXCHANGE: The FT IT All Share index closed at 21,128.79 points, down 42.21 or 0.20 percent.
SYDNEY STOCKS EXCHANGE: Australian stocks ended a fraction weaker as nervous investors backed away from five-month highs after European debt worries drove US and European markets lower overnight. The S&P/ASX 200 index closed down 5.6 points at 4,669.8.
JOHANNESBURG STOCKS EXCHANGE: South Africa's rand hit a fresh 2-1/2 year high against a broadly weaker dollar, with traders expecting it to test 6.80 in the next few sessions while local stocks rose slightly. The All-share index closed at 28,972.47 points, up 13.05 or 0.05 percent. The All Gold index closed at 2,529.31 points, up 18.29 or 0.73 percent, while the Industrial index closed at 24,361.16 points, up 80.15 or 0.33 percent.