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Closing stock market indices outside the U.S.

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

FRANKFURT - Germany's DAX share index trimmed early losses to less than one percent, with a seven percent gain in helping erode the impact of falls in heavyweight tech stocks.

The DAX index closed 0.82 percent or 64.45 points lower at 7,807.93.

PARIS - The Paris Bourse ended with losses for the second straight day dragged by battered technology shares with investors bracing for an expected rise in U.S. interest rates.

The benchmark CAC-40 index ended down 0.50 percent or 31.64 points at 6,320.87.

ZURICH - The blue chip Swiss Market Index ended up 99.4 points or 1.39 percent at 7,266.3 on the back of a three percent gain in long-neglected shares of drug maker Novartis.

MILAN - Milan stocks clawed back some of their losses in late trade as a rally in heavily-weighted utility Enel lifted the index, but not enough to avoid closing lower amid a broad sell off of telecoms and high-tech stocks.

The All-share Mibtel index ended down 1.36 percent or 452 points at 32,785.

AMSTERDAM - The collapse of shares in World Online prompted a shift to the relative stability of 'old economy' stocks in a turbulent session in Amsterdam.

The AEX index closed up a modest 0.95 points or 0.14 percent to 672.60.

SYDNEY - Large cap stocks led the Australian share market higher, but overall trade was lacklustre ahead of an expected rate rise in the United States.

The benchmark All Ordinaries index added 14.1 points or 0.44 percent to 3,242.2.

JOHANNESBURG - The Johannesburg stock market was closed for a market holiday.

On Monday stocks ended largely firmer on fresh appetite for resource stocks following their recent sharp losses.

The All-share index closed at 8014.8 up 17.2 points or 0.22 percent, the All Gold index closed at 1160.5 up 13 points or 1.13 percent, while the Industrial index closed at 9483.7 down 56 points 0.59 percent.-Reuters