Here is how major stock markets outside the United States ended on Monday.
Other bank stocks were also in focus with HBOS down 2.2 percent to 697 pence after saying it was considering a bid for fellow UK bank Abbey National, in competition with Spain's Banco Santander Central Hispano. Abbey shares gained 2.6 percent to 584 pence while Santander shares added 0.8 percent.
The FTSE Eurotop-300 index of pan-European blue chips closed down 0.1 percent at 980.8 points.
The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index closed up 0.25 percent or 8.8 points at 3,544.9.
The All Share index ended up 0.53 percent or 54.30 points to 10,360.19, the Gold index rose 1.5 percent or 25.24 points to 1,706.32, while the Industrial index closed up 0.69 percent or 50.41 points to 7377.48.