Here is how major stock markets outside the United States ended on Monday.
British broadcaster ITV was another sore spot, down 3.4 percent as hopes of a bid for the media group faded, but Versatel bucked the weak trend, surging 13.5 percent after Swedish telecoms provider Tele2 offered 1.34 billion euros in cash for the Dutch telecoms company.
The FTSEurofirst 300 index of pan-European blue chips shed 0.25 percent to 1,160.6 points - about 0.8 percent below last Thursday's new three-year high of 1,170.34 points, but still 11.4 percent higher since the start of 2005.
The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index rose 6.0 points, or 0.14 percent, at close at 4,298.4.
The All Gold index closed at 1,721.71 points, up 7.57 or 0.44 percent, while the Industrial index closed at 10,986.76 points, up 19.99 or 0.18 percent.