LONDON - Britain's top share index edged higher as miners and oil stocks buoyed by firmer commodity prices lent support, though with investors nervous before the Group of 20 leaders' meeting at the end of the week. The FTSE 100 closed at 5,142.6 points, up 8.24 or 0.16 percent.

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EUROPE - European shares closed higher snapping a two day losing streak, boosted by the commodity sector tracking firmer crude and metal prices, supported by a weaker dollar.

The pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index of top shares closed up 0.5 percent at 1,004.41 points.

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FRANKFURT - The DAX index ended at 5,709.38 points, up 40.73 or 0.72 percent.

PARIS - The CAC-40 index closed at 3,823.52 points, up 11.36 or 0.3 percent.

ZURICH - The Swiss market index closed at 6,340.72 points, up 34.49 or 0.55 percent.

MILAN - The FT IT All Share index closed at 23,555.39 points, up 38.04 or 0.16 percent.

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TOKYO - Japanese markets were closed for a second day on Tuesday, Citizen's Holiday. On Friday the Nikkei closed down 73.26 points at 10,370.54.

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HONG KONG - Hong Kong shares closed up 1.06 percent on bargain-hunting interest in a consolidating market, while Shanghai stocks slid 2.34 percent to a two-week closing low on lower fuel prices and worries about share supply. The Hang Seng Index closed up 228.29 points at 21,701.14.

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SYDNEY - Australian shares closed down 0.3 percent after hovering either side of unchanged as a weaker materials sector more than offset steady financial stocks. The S&P/ASX 200 index fell 13.7 points to 4,663.7. The index fell 0.3 percent on Monday.

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JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's rand rallied against the dollar, bolstered by a soft greenback, optimism over a tie-up deal between MTN and India's Bharti Airtel, and a central bank decision to leave interest rates steady. The All-share index closed at 25,456.11 points, up 115.47 or 0.46 percent. The All Gold index closed at 2,521.19 points, up 26.36 or 1.06 percent, while the Industrial index closed at 19,975.71 points, up 32.58 or 0.16 percent.