Closing stock market indices

Here is how major stock markets outside the United States ended on Thursday.
EUROPE STOCKS EXCHANGE: European shares tumbled to a 5-week low after deadly blasts in Madrid prompted investors to take more cash off the table, marking the eve of the bull market's first anniversary with a sombre note.
Ten simultaneous explosions killed 182 people in the Spanish capital three days before a national election, with Spain blaming the Basque separatist group ETA.
The market suffered its worst one-day fall since May last year as travel stocks skidded on concerns the bombs may cause travellers throughout the continent to cancel trips.
FRANKFURT STOCKS EXCHANGE: The DAX index ended at 3,904.95 points, down 139.75 or 3.46 percent.
PARIS STOCKS EXCHANGE: The CAC-40 index closed at 3,646.43 points, down 111.66 or 2.97 percent.
ZURICH STOCKS EXCHANGE: The Swiss market index closed at 5,706.7 points, down 170.4 or 2.90 percent.
MILAN STOCKS EXCHANGE: The All Share Mibtel index closed at 20,619 points, down 435 or 2.07 percent.
SYDNEY STOCKS EXCHANGE: Stocks touched their lowest level in nearly a week but rebounded in late trade to finish virtually flat, helped by diminishing expectations of an interest rate rise.
The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index shed a mere 0.4 points, or 0.01 percent, to 3,413.6, after bouncing back from a near one-week low of 3,391.1, on brisk turnover of A$3.0 billion ($2.2 billion).
JOHANNESBURG STOCKS EXCHANGE: South Africa's stock market fell sharply in line with tumbling world markets following a spate of explosions in Spain although heavy equipment manufacturer Bell Equipment bucked the trend.
The All-share index closed at 10,720.93 points, down 175.33 or 1.61 percent.
The All Gold index closed at 2,233.55 points, down 47.5 or 2.08 percent, while the Industrial index closed at 7,283.93 points, down 110.14 or 1.49 percent.