U.S. stock indexes were higher at the close of trading on Monday.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained six-tenths of a percent to finish at 11,061. The S&P 500 jumped seven-tenths of a percent to hit 1,162 while the NASDAQ advanced 1.1 percent to end at 2,495.

European stock markets finished sharply lower.

London's Financial Times 100 index dropped 1.6 percent to end at 5,130. The CAC-40 in Paris plunged 4 percent to close at 2,855. The DAX in Frankfurt slid 2.3 percent to close at 5,072.

In Asia, Tokyo's Nikkei index dropped 2.3 percent to close at 8,536. Hong Kong's Hang Seng index plunged 4.2 percent to end at 19,031.

The price of gold fell more than $41 to trade at $1,814.45 an ounce.

The U.S. dollar was down against the yen but made gains compared to the euro.