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Wall Street ended broadly lower, with both the Dow and S&P down more than 1 percent, as a late plunge of financial sector accelerated selloff across the board.
Toyota Motor Corp, the world’s largest carmaker, halted US sales of its flagship $65,000 Lexus luxury sedan that was recalled last week until a fix for a steering flaw is found.
Copper rose for a third day in London on speculation that the economies in China and the US will continue to expand in the face of Europe's sovereign-debt crisis.
Asian stocks rose, led by the biggest gain in China's shares since November, on speculation Chinese policy makers will rein in efforts to cool the economy as Europe's debt crisis threatens a global recovery.
Japan's economy is picking up steadily but Europe's debt crisis, wild swings in financial markets and deflation pose risks to its outlook, the government said on Monday.
Gold climbed, snapping a three-day retreat, as renewed weakness in the euro revived demand for a haven and last week's decline to the lowest level in more than two weeks boosted the metal's allure.
Australia signalled Sunday it is open to compromise on the controversial plan to tax the "super profits" of the mining boom but insisted the 40 percent headline rate will stay.
Andrew Forrest, whose Fortescue Metals Group Ltd stake has fallen by about $700 million since Australia proposed a mining profits tax three weeks ago, said the government was unwilling to compromise on the plan.
The US Ford Motor Company has recalled more than 170,000 cars of model "Ka" in Argentina and Brazil for a problem in the electrical ignition device, which can cause a fire, the company said Friday.
A task force of European Union ( EU) finance ministers and economic experts ended Friday its first meeting here in Brussels, agreeing on four targets on strengthening economic governance of the bloc.
A courtyard house next to Beihai Park that was once part of a Qing dynasty palace is being advertised online for 420 million yuan and attracting the interest of State-owned enterprises.
| Name | Value | Change | Time |
| Shanghai | 2,996.21 | +1.83% | Mon |
| Shenzhen | 13,140.88 | +1.92% | Mon |
| HSI | 23,313.19 | -0.41% | Mon |
| NIKKEI | 10,505.02 | -1.76% | Mon |
| Dow | 12,090.03 | -0.66% | Mon |
| Nasdaq | 2,745.63 | -1.40% | Mon |