Stocks in Europe opened lower early Monday, tracking continuing uncertainty over the Greece debt issue.
At the time of writing, Britian's FTSE and Germany's DAX were off 0.8% and 1.2%. A technical glitch at the Euronext prevented values of French CAC being reflected.
Bank and mining stocks were leading the decliners' list: BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto and Xstrata erased about 1% each while Barclays, HSBC Holdings and Deutsche Bank lost between 1.1% and 2.1%.
Elsewhere, Asian markets were broadly lower amid a cautious outlook for global economic growth. Chinese markets were hit hard.