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Closing stock market indices

LONDON: Here is how major stock markets outside the United States ended on Monday.

FRANKFURT - Germany's benchmark DAX share index recovered in late trade to close modestly higher amid strong gains in Deutsche Bank AG, car maker BMW AG and leisure group Preussag AG.

The DAX index ended at 7,590.53 points, up 16.75 or 0.22 percent.

PARIS - French blue-chips slumped as investors locked in profits and waited to see whether Wall Street's Friday slide would be extended when the U.S. markets re-open on Tuesday.

The blue-chip CAC-40 closed down 1.57 percent, or 95.44 points, at 5,967.28 points.

ZURICH - Swiss shares closed lower in quiet trade, under pressure after a 2.8 percent drop in the U.S. Dow Jones Industrial index on Friday.

The Swiss market index closed at 6,962,7 points, down 84.3 or 1.20 percent.

MILAN - Milan stocks ended down, failing to recover from a negative start. Profit-taking was the name of the game after last week's record highs and amid continuing U.S. inflation concerns which hit stocks across Europe.

The All Share Mibtel index closed at 31,759 points, down 436.or 1.35 percent.

AMSTERDAM - Although the expected rout on the Amsterdam bourse did not materialise, the AEX blue chip index extended Friday's losses, ending 5.84 points or 0.89 percent lower at 649.34 points.

SYDNEY - Australian miners dug deep, putting in a Herculean effort to lift the overall market to a barely weaker finish despite early Dow-inspired losses.

The benchmark All Ordinaries index shed just 3.0 points or 0.1 percent to close at 3,117.1.

JOHANNESBURG - South African stocks extended recent losses as a correction continued to bite into a rally that had taken the market into record territory.

The All-share index finished 2.08 percent lower, or 177.8 points, at 8,366.5. The industrial index closed down 253.7 points or 2.63 percent at 9,397. The All Gold index closed at 1,306.4 points, down 7.1 or 0.54 percent.-Reuters