After ending last week higher, the pan-European STOXX 600 index slid 2.3% after UK imposed an effective lockdown and reversed plans to ease curbs over Christmas as it dealt with a new coronavirus strain up to 70% more transmissible than the original

While Britain formally withdrew from the EU in January, it continues to trade with other countries under the bloc's umbrella during a transition period that is scheduled to end December 31

Share Market : Key benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty turned volatile and ended lower on Monday, tracking global equities

The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) said that more than half of the total number of affected passengers had flown home since it launched the country's largest peacetime repatriation on Monday

2.1% of India's rich left the country in 2017 alone, compared to 1.3% for France and 1.1% for China.

US crude was up 4 cents at $46.64 a barrel at 0635 GMT, after initially gaining then falling in thin trade. The contract fell 5 percent to end at $46.60 on Tuesday as U.S. investors digested news of an OPEC increase in production after the July 4 holiday on Monday closed trading.