LONDON - Britain's FTSE 100 index ended down 0.26 percent, as a looming interest-rate decision and public security concerns dented sentiment, but mining stocks rose as bid talk lifted Lonmin. The FTSE 100 ended down 17.3 points at 6,590.6.ROUNDUP:EUROFIRSTEUROPE - European stocks ended the session in negative territory, with lacklustre banks offsetting gains by oil producers amid security and interest rate concerns. Among major movers, airlines including British Airways and Lufthansa fell as investors were rattled by a British bomb plot, while talk of bid interest from Xstrata sent shares in miner Lonmin higher. "There is still some positive momentum, cautious but positive. Nobody would like to sell right now," said Andreas Kampe, fund manager at Bayern Invest in Munich. "During the summer months we won't see any major breakouts on the upside or the downside, so we are rather going sideways in a very tight range." The FTSEurofirst 300 index index of top European stocks closed down 0.4 percent at 1,599.8 points, after dipping as low as 1,594.6 points as the index snapped two days of gains.ROUNDUP:EUROmarketsFRANKFURT - The DAX index ended at 7,958.24 points, down 49.08 or 0.61 percent.

PARIS - The CAC-40 index closed at 6,026.95 points, down 27.98 or 0.46 percent.

ZURICH - The Swiss market index closed at 9,192.58 points, down 16.78 or 0.18 percent.

MILAN - The All Share Mibtel index closed at 32,928 points, up 42 or 0.13 percent.ROUNDUP:nikkeiTOKYO - The Nikkei average edged up 0.04 percent to end at its highest in six sessions as commodities-related shares such as Mitsui & Co. and Sumitomo Metal Mining Co. on soaring oil prices. The Nikkei closed up 7.94 points at 18,146.30.ROUNDUP:hang sengHONG KONG - The Hong Kong markets were closed yesterday for a market holiday. They will reopen today. On Friday, the benchmark Hang Seng Index closed down 165.49 points at 21,772.73.ROUNDUP:ASxSYDNEY - Australian shares fell 0.18 percent, its first trading session of a new financial year, as banks fell on lingering worries about the US subprime mortgage sector, overshadowing gains in energy firms on firmer oil prices. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index fell 11.6 points to close at 6,263.3.ROUNDUP:south africaJOHANNESBURG - Shares closed stronger with index heavyweight Anglo American jumping over seven percent ahead of the separate listing of its paper manufacturing unit Mondi on Tuesday. The All-share index closed at 28,703.13 points, up 365.91 or 1.29 percent. The All Gold index closed at 2,484.27 points, up 14.43 or 0.58 percent, while the Industrial index closed at 19,557.83 points, up 36.07 or 0.18 percent.