European equities moved higher amid relief that Chinese stocks losses were contained, fuelling optimism that a slowdown in global economic growth will be checked.
Europe's Stoxx 600 Index finished the day with a 1.1 percent gain from the previous close.
The UK's FTSE 100 Index added 0.5 percent, France's CAC 40 Index rose 0.6 percent and Germany's DAX Index climbed 0.7 percent.
China's Shanghai Composite Index shed 2.5 percent, a welcome sign after the country's stock markets were closed last Thursday and Friday for ceremonies to mark the end of World War II.
Before trading resumed on Monday, People's Bank of China Governor Zhou Xiaochuan said the correction in the Chinese stock market was "mostly over".
"We did have some reassurance from the Chinese authorities over the weekend that this could be more or less the end of the rout," Jane Foley, a senior currency strategist at Rabobank International in London, told Bloomberg. "But clearly the market is still very fragile as we're staring directly at the next Fed meeting."