Closing stock market indices

Here is how major stock markets outside the United States ended on Monday.
EUROPE STOCK EXCHANGE: European shares closed higher, lifted by consolidation hopes in the banking sector but held back by a lacklustre Wall Street. Oil stocks rose as crude headed back towards $66 a barrel, and DaimlerChrysler led autos up following higher German car registrations, but mixed earnings from companies such as Serono and Ryanair capped gains.
The pan-European FTSEurofirst index of 300 leading shares closed 0.1 percent higher at 1,321.65 but had been as high as 1,327.77 before US markets opened.
FRANKFURT STOCK EXCHANGE: The DAX index ended at 5,666.78 points, up 9.66 or 0.17 percent.
PARIS STOCK EXCHANGE: The CAC-40 index closed at 4,934.59 points, down 2.97 or 0.06 percent.
ZURICH STOCK EXCHANGE: The Swiss market index closed at 7,839.61 points, down 1.18 or 0.02 percent.
MILAN STOCK EXCHANGE: The All Share Mibtel index closed at 28,025 points, up 315 or 1.14 percent.
SYDNEY STOCK EXCHANGE: Shares bounced as investors shifted into laggard National Australia Bank, betting its turnaround efforts would speed up profit growth, while the top miners were buoyed by strong metals prices. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 Index added 31.8 points, or 0.65 percent, to close at 4,915.6.
JOHANNESBURG STOCK EXCHANGE: Platinum stocks led the bourse higher after buyers went back into resources after Friday's selloff but gold miner Western Areas tumbled after cutting its reserves estimates. The All-share index closed at 19,769.18 points, up 263.19 or 1.35 percent.
The All Gold index closed at 3,115.95 points, up 17.48 or 0.56 percent, while the Industrial index closed at 13,828.38 points, up 216.67 or 1.59 percent.