Here is how major stock markets outside the United States ended on Monday.
Data showing steady new orders at US factories, excluding transport equipment, also helped soothe market worries that sky-high oil prices was hampering economic growth and squeezing corporate profitability.
Technology shares, autos, and transports and leisure issues - some of the worst European performers so far this year - led blue-chip gainers as a perception that the market may have taken an overly pessimistic view on the economy pushed investors back to stocks recently punished for their high exposure to economic growth and high raw material costs.
The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 ended up 34.1 points, or 0.93 percent, at 3,693.6.
The All-share index closed at 11,795.02 points, down 76.8 or 0.65 percent.
The All Gold index closed at 2,049.75 points, down 40.14 or 1.92 percent, while the Industrial index closed at 8,225.19 points, up 29.54 or 0.36 percent.