Here is how major stock markets outside the United States ended on Monday.
On a more positive note, shares in Interbrew rose two percent to 26 euros after it appointed a new chief financial officer for InBev, the world's biggest brewer created from Interbrew's merger with Brazilian peer AmBev.
And Sanofi-Aventis shares outperformed the market after the Franco-German drug-maker unveiled a clinical study showing its anti-obesity drug Acomplia succeeded in helping people lose weight, which could boost future sales.
The FTSE Eurotop 300 index ended down 0.15 percent at 980.06 points, ending a three-session run-up to Friday's three-week high.
The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index finished 4.7 points, or 0.13 percent, lower at 3,554.1.