Closing stock market indices

Here is how major stock markets outside the United States ended on Monday.
EUROPE STOCK EXCHANGE: European share indexes closed above session lows as sky-high oil prices supported heavily-weighted oil stocks but worried investors that surging raw material costs would erode profits in other sectors. ChevronTexaco's announced $16.4-billion acquisition of Unocal and a trading update from BP further boosted the energy sector, and helped stem market losses led by technology stocks and insurers.
The FTSEurofirst 300 index of pan European blue chips shed 0.45 percent to 1,084.6 points.
FRANKFURT STOCK EXCHANGE: The DAX index ended at 4,341.39 points, down 32.14 or 0.73 percent.
PARIS STOCK EXCHANGE: The CAC-40 index closed at 4,052.32 points, down 27.76 or 0.68 percent.
ZURICH STOCK EXCHANGE: The Swiss market index closed at 5,903.17 points, down 47.71 or 0.80 percent.
MILAN STOCK EXCHANGE: The All Share Mibtel index closed at 24,695 points, down 82 or 0.33 percent.
SYDNEY STOCK EXCHANGE: Stocks ended lower, as investors digested record high oil prices and the prospect of a local interest-rate rise later this week. The S&P/ASX 200 index closed down 0.42 percent or 17.5 points to 4,120.8.
JOHANNESBURG STOCK EXCHANGE: Telecoms stocks MTN and Telkom led the South African market lower as international investor sentiment slipped on record high crude oil prices, traders said. The All-share index closed at 13,272.15 points, down 159.99 or 1.19 percent. The All Gold index closed at 1,590.15 points, down 25.78 or 1.60 percent, while the Industrial index closed at 9,662.25 points, down 139.77 or 1.43 percent.