Here is how major stock markets outside the United States ended on Monday.
Deutsche Post also did well, climbing 3.4 percent after the group said it would cut its asking price and slash the number of shares it is selling by one third in its delayed flotation of Postbank.
Post conceded a victory to investors who had long said the stock in the IPO was overpriced.
The retail bank's debut is now scheduled for Wednesday. But Italian oil and gas group Eni and leading utility Enel fell more than four percent after both stocks went ex-dividend, meaning buyers no longer qualify for the companies' latest payout.
The FTSE Eurotop 300 index of pan European blue chips shed 0.12 percent to close at 1,008.35 points, while the narrower DJ Euro Stoxx 50 index slipped 0.19 percent at 2,816.56 points.
The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index gained 26.8 points, or 0.76 percent, to close at 3,554.5.
The All-share index closed at 10,109.52 points, down 69.92 or 0.69 percent.
The All Gold index closed at 1,653.43 points, down 32.44 or 1.92 percent, while the Industrial index closed at 7,302.47 points, down 52.06 or 0.71 percent.