European stocks extended losses on Monday, tracking falling US stock index futures, as nervous

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investors awaited further details on a US financial sector package that could help end the credit crisis.

At 1056 GMT, the FTSEurofirst was down 0.52 per cent at 1,144.83 points. S&P 500 futures fell 0.62 per cent, pointing to a lower start on Wall Street on lingering questions surrounding the US government's proposed $700-billion bank bail-out. T

The FTSE 100 index was down 0.26 per cent, the German DAX was 0.32 per cent lower and France's CAC 40 fell 0.16 per cent.

Commodity shares bucked the trend. Miners tracked metal prices higher with copper up 1.6 per cent. Eurasian Natural Resources, BHP Billiton, Vedanta Resources and Xstrata rose between 2.2-5.1 per cent.

Energy stocks were higher after crude prices gained $2.40 to $106.95 a barrel.

BP, Royal Dutch Shell and BG were up 0.8-2.4 per cent.