London's Financial Times index is down four points at 5,053.
The CAC-40 in Paris is 13 points lower at 4,016, and the DAX index in Frankfurt is down 11 points at 4,349.
U.S. markets are closed today for a federal holiday. They will reopen Tuesday.
The Tokyo Stock Exchange's Nikkei Average slipped nine points to finish at 11,651 points.
Hong Kong's key index, the Hang Seng, gained a fraction of 1% (24 points), to finish at 14,112.
The price of gold in London is 427 dollars, 10 cents an ounce, down eight cents from late Friday.
The dollar in London is mixed against other major currencies.
