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Closing stock market indices

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

FRANKFURT - Germany's DAX share index climbed more than two percent as Deutsche Telekom AG, its most heavily-weighted stock, surged after clinching a deal to sell a stake in its loss-making Global One telecoms venture. The DAX-30 index closed at 7126.13 points, up 156.76 or 2.25 percent.

PARIS - Paris Bourse ended volatile session with good gains, helped by CAC-40 heavyweight France Telecom and by Wall Street's firm tone. The CAC-40 index closed at 5688.35 points, up 42.03 or 0.74 percent.

ZURICH - Swiss shares posted gains thanks to a favourable technical environment, gains in U.S. stocks and a strong dollar that surged to a high of 1.6340 francs. The Swiss market index closed at 7113.4 points, up 149.8 or 2.15 percent.

MILAN - Milan stocks ended just off session highs in line with Europe and Wall Street with the focus on telecoms stocks as Telecom Italia began a two-day meeting with analysts in Venice. The All Share Mibtel index closed at 28780 points, up 378 or 1.33 percent.

AMSTERDAM - Dutch shares ended weaker in modest trade, led by declines in food, retail and technology sector shares. The AEX index closed at 634.87 points, down 2.52 or 0.40 percent.

SYDNEY - Strength in some of the Australian share market's blue chip industrial stocks helped offset weakness in the resources sector, pushing the benchmark stock index into positive territory. The benchmark All Ordinaries Index crept 4.8 points higher or about 0.16 percent to close at 3,083.4.

JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's key All-Share index ended flat after a volatile day that saw the index swing from negative to positive and back again. The All-share index closed at 8656.7 points, up 0.2 or 0.00 percent. The All Gold index closed at 1090 points, down 8 or 0.73 percent, while the Industrial index closed at 9594.5 points, down 3.4 or 0.04 percent.-Reuters