Closing stock market indices

Major stock markets outside the United States ended on Monday.
"There is still some positive momentum, cautious but positive. Nobody would like to sell right now," said Andreas Kampe, fund manager at Bayern Invest in Munich. "During the summer months we won't see any major breakouts on the upside or the downside, so we are rather going sideways in a very tight range." The FTSEurofirst 300 index of top European stocks closed down 0.4 percent at 1,599.8 points, after dipping as low as 1,594.6 points as the index snapped two days of gains.