Here is how major stock markets outside the United States ended on Monday.
Shares of British broadcaster ITV surged 3 percent on renewed take-over talk, helping boost sentiment in a relatively subdued session as US markets were shut for Independence Day.
The FTSEurofirst 300 index of European blue chips gained 0.3 percent to 1,153.3 points, its highest close since June 3, 2002. That pushed its gain to 10.7 percent since the start of the year.