THE DAX INDEX ENDED AT 5,707.59 POINTS, UP 14.73 OR 0.26 PERCENT. PARIS - THE CAC-40 INDEX CLOSED AT 4,947.29 POINTS, UP 17.11 OR 0.35 PERCENT. ZURICH - THE SWISS MARKET INDEX CLOSED AT 7,617.33 POINTS, UP 12.93 OR 0.17 PERCENT. MILAN - THE ALL SHARE MIBTEL INDEX CLOSED AT 28,017 POINTS, UP 94 OR 0.34 PERCENT. TOKYO - THE NIKKEI SHARE AVERAGE ENDED 0.24 PERCENT HIGHER AS RISES ON WALL STREET ENCOURAGED INVESTORS TO BUY TOKYO ELECTRON AND OTHER BLUE-CHIP SHARES, BUT GAINS WERE CAPPED DUE TO HEAVY SELLING IN SOFTBANK. THE NIKKEI INCHED UP 36.41 POINTS TO 15,503.74, SNAPPING A THREE-SESSION LOSING STREAK. HONG KONG - STOCKS SLID 1.34 PERCENT AS FALLING COMMODITIES PRICES DRAGGED DOWN SHARES LIKE JIANGXI COPPER, SENDING THE GAUGE OF HONG KONG-LISTED MAINLAND SHARES TO ITS LOWEST CLOSE IN MORE THAN TWO MONTHS. THE BENCHMARK HANG SENG INDEX ENDED DOWN 212.62 POINTS AT 15,645.27. SYDNEY - SHARES ROSE 1.18 PERCENT AS MINERS SUCH AS BHP BILLITON RECOVERED AFTER PAST TWO WEEK'S FALL, WHILE TABCORP FIRMED AFTER LOBBING A HIGHER RIVAL BID FOR UNITAB. THE BENCHMARK S&P/ASX 200 INDEX ADDED 58.9 POINTS TO END AT 5,060.6. JOHANNESBURG - FALLING MINING STOCKS DRAGGED SOUTH AFRICA'S BOURSE OVER ONE PERCENT DOWN BUT PLATINUM MINER IMPLATS SURGED 2 PERCENT AFTER IT SAID IT WILL INCREASE ITS ZIMBABWEAN INVESTMENT TO LIFT OUTPUT. THE ALL-SHARE INDEX CLOSED AT 20,358.25 POINTS, DOWN 207.21 OR 1.01 PERCENT. THE ALL GOLD INDEX CLOSED AT 2,793.28 POINTS, DOWN 108.4 OR 3.74 PERCENT, WHILE THE INDUSTRIAL INDEX CLOSED AT 13,757 POINTS, UP 37.42 OR 0.27 PERCENT.
