U.S. stock market indexes fell in Monday's trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average retreated seven-tenths of a percent to end at 12,593. The S&P 500 fell six-tenths of a percent to close at 1,337 and the NASDAQ dropped six-tenths of a percent to reach 2,843.
European stock markets were mixed at the close of trading. London's Financial Times 100 index lost two-tenths of a percent to end at 5,925. The CAC-40 in Paris moved down eight-tenths of a percent to finish at 3,813 but the DAX in Frankfurt rose three-tenths of a percent to hit 7,345.
Earlier, in Asia, Tokyo's Nikkei index dropped eight-tenths of a percent to close at 10,050. Hong Kong's Hang Seng index fell seven-tenths of a percent to end at 22,293.
The price of gold rose more than $13 to trade at $1,614.46 an ounce.
The dollar was lower against the yen and the euro.