Ubisoft shares dropped 9% on Monday after the French video games group said over the weekend that three senior managers were leaving the company following a review into allegations of inappropriate behaviour.

The European Union's benchmark carbon permit price hit a 14-year high at just over 30 euros per tonne early on Monday.

* FTSE 100 up 1.3%, FTSE 250 adds 1.0% (For a live blog on European stocks, type LIVE/ in an Eikon news window)

British fashion retailer Quiz on Monday said it had suspended its ties with a supplier accused in a weekend newspaper report of not meeting minimum wage requirements at a factory in the English city of Leicester.

Norway's DNB shares jumped on Monday after the bank's second-quarter profit beat expectations with loan loss provisions related to the coronavirus crisis lower than in the first quarter on an improving economic outlook.

Italy's prime minister has dismissed as a "joke" the latest offer from infrastructure group Atlantia, which is trying to cling on to a lucrative contract at its tollway unit following a deadly bridge collapse.

UK stocks jumped 1% on Monday as investors bet on a stimulus-led economic revival, with focus also turning to the U.S. quarterly earnings season for signs of a pickup in activity following the easing of coronavirus lockdowns.

Wall Street's most controversial stock may be about to go mainstream.

* DS Smith underperforms FTSE 100 peers for week (Adds graphic, updates to close)

Shares of Nkarta Inc more than tripled in value in their U.S. market debut, giving the biotech firm a valuation of $1.61 billion.