European stocks close: stocks closed higher, rebounding from Friday's drop

Stock indices closed higher, rebounding from Friday's drop. Markets declined on Friday on the Fed's outlook of the global economy. The Fed kept its interest rate unchanged at 0.00%-0.25% on Thursday. The Fed took into account the slowdown in the global economy and low inflation expectations. That was the main reason to keep the monetary policy unchanged.

Alexis Tsipras' Syriza party has won the parliament election on Sunday. Syriza has won 35.47%. It was the fifth snap election in the country over the last six years.

The time is needed to form the new government. Syriza has no majority and it will form a coalition with the nationalist Independent Greeks.

Only 55% of Greeks voted on Sunday, down from 63% in January.

Meanwhile, the economic data from the Eurozone was negative. German producer price index (PPI) producer prices declined 0.5% in August, missing expectations for a 0.3% fall, after a flat reading in July.

On a yearly basis, German PPI dropped 1.7% in August, missing expectations for a 1.5% decrease, after a 1.3% fall in July.

PPI excluding energy sector fell by 0.5% year-on-year in August.

The Bundesbank said in its monthly report on Monday that the German economy is likely to continue to expand in the second half of the year due to an increase in domestic consumption and exports. Household spending benefited from low oil and energy prices.

Indexes on the close:

Name Price Change Change %

FTSE 100 6,108.71 +4.60 +0.08 %

DAX 9,948.51 +32.35 +0.33 %

CAC 40 4,585.5 +49.65 +1.09 %