Baku - APA-Economics. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was off by 0.26 per cent at 17,024 points, while the broad-based S&P 500 lost 0.39 per cent to 1,978.
The Nasdaq Composite Index, which is rich in technology shares, declined 0.77 per cent to 4,452 points.
London's benchmark FTSE 100 index fell by 0.62 per cent to close Monday at 6,823.51 points.
The Paris CAC 40 gave up 1.41 per cent to 4,405.76 points and Frankfurt's DAX 30 lost 1.03 per cent to 9,906.07 compared with Friday's close.