The Swiss market index closed at 8,059.42 points, up 12.3 or 0.15 percent. MILAN - The All Share Mibtel index closed at 29,634 points, up 84 or 0.28 percent. TOKYO - The Nikkei share average rose 1.74 percent to end above 16,600 for the first time in more than a month, as investors bought companies with high dividends such as Nikko Cordial Corp. The Nikkei rose 285.07 points to 16,624.80, the highest close since Feb. 7. HONG KONG - Stocks rose for the fourth straight session, lifted by oil issues amid anticipated record profits by top mainland oil producer PetroChina. Property shares also gained on speculation that the U.S. Federal Reserve will stop raising interest rates before long. The benchmark Hang Seng index climbed 128.29 points or 0.81 percent to 15,929.95. SYDNEY - Shares breached the psychological 5,000 mark for the first time ever, as record copper and zinc prices pushed up mining giants BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 Index rose 28.7 or 0.58 percent to set a new closing high of 5,000.4 points, beating the previous record set on Friday. The index set a new peak of 5,005.9 points during the session. JOHANNESBURG - South African stocks strode higher as heavyweight Anglo American rose on a report it was selling its paper unit Mondi and a weaker rand buoyed some mining stocks. The All-share index closed at 20,138.47 points, up 317.8 or 1.60 percent. The All Gold index closed at 2,689.68 points, up 46.46 or 1.76 percent, while the Industrial index closed at 14,408.57 points, up 280.48 or 1.99 percent.
