Here is how major stock markets outside the United States ended on Monday. LONDON - Britain's leading share index slid 1.1 percent, dragged by banks and oil stocks as investors feared a U.S. recession was nigh, but global bank HSBC bucked the trend on its results and a higher dividend. The FTSE 100 closed at 5,818.6 points, down 65.7 or 1.12 percent. EUROPE - Banks drove down European shares for a fourth day as U.S. data did little to dispel concern over the potential for U.S. recession, while HSBC rallied after turning a profit last year. Financial shares were the worst performers on the broader European market. British mortgage lender HBOS fell almost 8 percent, while Royal Bank of Scotland shed 3.6 percent and UBS lost 3.3 percent. Nationwide U.S. manufacturing data showed factory activity contracted last month, although not by as much as originally feared, which helped equities recover some of the day's losses. FRANKFURT - The DAX index ended at 6,689.95 points, down 58.18 or 0.86 percent. PARIS - The CAC-40 index closed at 4,742.66 points, down 48 or 1.00 percent. ZURICH - The Swiss market index closed at 7,403.88 points, down 129.98 or 1.73 percent. MILAN - The All Share Mibtel index closed at 25,381 points, down 306 or 1.19 percent. TOKYO - Stocks fell 4 percent, with the Nikkei hitting a nearly six-week closing low as Honda Motor Corp and other exporters were battered by a strong yen amid growing U.S. recession worries. The benchmark Nikkei shed 610.84 points, or 4.49 percent, to end at 12,992.18, its lowest close since Jan. 23. HONG KONG - Stocks fell, tracking losses in overseas equities on concern over U.S. economic weakness, while investors looked ahead to a spate of major corporate earnings due this week. The benchmark Hang Seng Index ended down 3.07 percent or 746.7 points at 23,584.97. SYDNEY - Shares fell 2.98 percent, led down by financial firms such as Commonwealth Bank of Australia, on growing concerns that the United States economy will fall into recession, damaging global growth. The S&P/ASX 200 index fell 166.3 points to 5,405.8, adding to a 79.1 point decline on Friday. JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's rand clawed its way up from a near 5-year low it hit due to another bout of heightened risk aversion, but dealers were still unconvinced that the recovery would last. The All-share index closed at 30,631.57 points, down 42.17 or 0.14 percent. The All Gold index closed at 2,625.83 points, up 107.63 or 4.27 percent, while the Industrial index closed at 19,378.54 points, down 180.15 or 0.92 percent.
