India, June 9 -- European stocks were subdued on Monday as top officials from the U.S. and China meet in London later in the day to resolve their differences and ease rare-earth mineral tensions.

Regional trading volumes remain thin due to holidays in Switzerland, Denmark and Norway.

The pan European STOXX 600 was marginally lower at 553.34 after rising for four straight sessions.

The German DAX shed 0.3 percent, while France's CAC 40 and the U.K.'s FTSE 100 were little changed with a negative bias.

UBS Group AG shares were up nearly 4 percent. The bank has mostly accepted regulatory proposals issued by the Swiss government but challenged an increase in capital requirements.

googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad...