European markets closed lower on Monday, as global investors looked ahead to more inflation data out this week.
The Stoxx 600 index closed the session 0.4% lower after ending last week at a record high. Sectors were broadly negative, with mining down 2.1% and utilities 1.2% lower.
In stock movements, Denmark's Zealand Pharma soared 35% to an all-time high after reporting strong trial results from a drug with uses in the booming weight-loss market.
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The monthly personal consumption expenditures price index, the U.S Federal Reserve's favored inflation gauge, is due out Thursday.
U.S. markets were little changed on Monday as investors looked forward to the latest inflation reading as well as a slew of big earnings reports this week.
Overnight in Asia-Pacific markets, Japan's Nikkei 225 index hit a fresh high Monday as traders returned from a long weekend, while measures by South Korean authorities to boost its stock markets did little to push up the main index.