Closing stock market indices

Here is how major stock markets outside the United States ended on Tuesday.
EUROPE STOCK EXCHANGE: European shares ended at levels last seen in May 2002 as oil prices firmly above $61 a barrel underpinned energy stocks such as BP, and US data showed robust consumer spending and steady inflation. Surprisingly strong results at German automotive supplier Continental and a 21-percent surge in net profit at European low-cost airline Ryanair boosted the market.
A solid batch of earnings reports from several US companies also helped offset a mixed update from British aerospace-to-medical-devices firm Smiths and a broker downgrade on Deutsche Boerse stock.
FRANKFURT STOCK EXCHANGE: The DAX index ended at 4932.87 points, up 42.02 or 0.86 percent.
PARIS STOCK EXCHANGE: The CAC-40 index closed at 4503.33 points, up 46.46 or 1.04 percent.
ZURICH STOCK EXCHANGE: The Swiss market index closed at 6672.16 points, up 62.72 or 0.95 percent.
MILAN STOCK EXCHANGE: The All Share Mibtel index closed at 25937 points, up 205 or 0.80 percent.
SYDNEY STOCK EXCHANGE: Australian stocks bounced from a one-week low to end higher, buoyed by retailers like David Jones and Harvey Norman after strong retail trade data. The benchmark Australian S&P/ASX 200 index rose 7.4 points, or 0.17 percent, to end at 4,385.4.
JOHANNESBURG STOCK EXCHANGE: BHP Billiton and Sasol lifted South African stocks to a fresh high on near-record oil prices, while foreign buyers jumped into the market after the country received a rating upgrade. The All-share index closed at 15326.44 points, up 123.65 or 0.81 percent. The All Gold index closed at 1626.76 points, down 13.94 or 0.85 percent, while the Industrial index closed at 11403.6 points, up 50.15 or 0.44 percent.