Closing stock market indices

Here is how major stock markets outside the United States ended on Tuesday.
EUROPE STOCK EXCHANGE: European shares ended lower after tracking Wall Street down in late trade, although media stocks were strong following recent underperformance and speculation that Dow Jones might be sold.
The FTSEurofirst 300 index closed down 4 points or 0.3 percent at 1,188.7, after earlier inching up towards three-year highs before US markets opened. The Dow Jones industrial average in New York was 74 points weaker at 1615 GMT after a disappointing outlook from retail giant Wal-Mart, a mixed bag of inflation data and a lower-than-expected rise in US industrial production last month.
FRANKFURT STOCK EXCHANGE: The DAX index ended at 4883.81 points, down 38.53 or 0.78 percent.
PARIS STOCK EXCHANGE: The CAC-40 index closed at 4444.57 points, down 22.01 or 0.49 percent.
ZURICH STOCK EXCHANGE: The Swiss market index closed at 6634.65 points, down 1.73 or 0.03 percent.
MILAN STOCK EXCHANGE: The All Share Mibtel index closed at 25741 points, down 90 or 0.35 percent.
SYDNEY STOCK EXCHANGE: Australian stocks set a new closing high, boosted by stronger-than-expected earnings from the world's biggest share registry firm Computershare and steel maker OneSteel. The benchmark Australian S&P/ASX 200 index added 21.7 points, or 0.49 percent, to close at 4,481.2.
JOHANNESBURG STOCK EXCHANGE: Resource heavyweights BHP Billiton and Anglo American dragged South African stocks off record highs on Tuesday amid oil price concerns and fears that the local market may be overbought. The All-share index closed at 15716.67 points, down 137.81 or 0.87 percent. The All Gold index closed at 1762.29 points, up 1.19 or 0.07 percent, while the Industrial index closed at 11570.72 points, down 41.45 or 0.36 percent.