The trend is the same on leading European exchanges - with the exception of the London Stock Exchange - after mixed developments in Asia during overnight trading.
Wall Street began the trading week on Monday with declines, mainly in the technology sector, due to continued AI concerns ahead of chipmaker Nvidia's interim report on Wednesday.
Bitcoin continues to rise to its first price above $80,000 since May, while long-term US market interest rates remain at unusually high levels despite the Trump administration's announcement of buybacks.
The world market price of crude oil is falling slightly. North Sea crude (Brent) costs $2 per barrel.
The Stockholm Stock Exchange's OMXS index fell 0.1 percent on Monday and has risen 8.9 percent since the turn of the year.
