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• European stocks open sharply lower as weakness seen in markets overseas weighs on sentiment.
The pan-European Stoxx 600 was 1 percent lower with every sector trading in negative territory.
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• Japan’s Nikkei share average fell sharply on Monday as fear that U.S. inflation may be finally gathering pace pound global equities, with investors dumping small-cap shares.
The Nikkei tumbled 2.5 percent to 22,682.08, its biggest one-day drop since Nov 9, 2016, when it tanked 5.4 percent after the shock U.S. election win of Donald Trump.
• China stocks recouped early losses sparked by a slide on Wall Street and ended higher on Monday, underpinned by robust gains in banking and transport shares that offset a slump in consumer shares.
At the close, the Shanghai Composite index was up 25.30 points or 0.73 percent at 3,487.38.
Reference: Reuters, CNBC
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