Here is how major stock markets outside the United States ended on Tuesday, according to Reuters. LONDON - Britain's FTSE 100 index inched closer to 52-month highs, with support services firm Capita rising 3.1 percent on a robust trading update, although weaker drugs stocks capped gains. The FTSE 100 closed at 5,547.9 points, up 8.1 or 0.15 percent. EUROPE - European stocks closed at their highest level in more than three years, boosted by basic resources issues such as BHP Billiton and a rally in utility E.ON, which sold its stake in Degussa. Degussa rallied 13 percent to a six-year-high at 43.75 euros after German mining group RAG agreed to buy E.ON's 43-percent stake in the German specialty chemicals group for around 2.8 billion euros ($3.4 billion). The pan-European FTSEurofirst index of 300 blue chips ended 0.3 percent stronger at 1,270.96 points, its strongest close since April 2002. FRANKFURT - The DAX index ended at 5,356.6 points, up 6.42 or 0.12 percent. PARIS - The CAC-40 index closed at 4,703.48 points, up 8.62 or 0.18 percent. ZURICH - The Swiss market index closed at 7,516.69 points, down 16.2 or 0.22 percent. --More 2205 Local Time 1905 GMT
