European stock markets closed mixed on Monday, with London's benchmark FTSE 100 index essentially unchanged at 5,432.37 points after posting solid gains earlier in the day.
In Frankfurt, the DAX 30 edged up by 0.17 percent to 6,6,141.05 points but in Paris the CAC 40 slipped by 0.27 percent to 3,042.76 points.
Madrid gave up 0.54 percent to 6,516.4 points following a eurozone deal to loan Spain up to 100 billion euros ($125 billion) to stabilise struggling banks.
In Milan the FTSE MIB, lost 2.79 percent to 13,071 points as the country seemed to be next in the line of fire from market speculators.
SAA denied rumours that its acting chief executive Nico Bezuidenhout had lied about his qualifications.
Thousands of farmers have applied to employ foreign workers after the introduction of a new minimum wage.
The rand plunged to its weakest level against the dollar in close to four years on Thursday.
