Here is how major stock markets outside the United States ended on Monday.
In Europe, German computer software maker SAP climbed 1.5 percent and Dutch chipmaker ASML put on 0.9 percent, pushing the European technology index 1.2 percent higher for the day's top sectoral performance. The FTSEurofirst 300 index of top European shares closed with a gain of 0.4 percent at 1,365.11 points, but volumes were thin with the London market closed.