Here is how major stock markets outside the United States ended on Tuesday.
The world's top paper and board maker Stora Enso tumbled 6.4 percent after it warned October-December operating profit would halve from the third quarter due in part to less profitable overseas sales and the weaker US dollar.
Finnish peers UPM-Kymmene and M-real followed with losses of 3.8 and 3.5 percent respectively.
The FTSE Eurotop 300 index of pan-European blue chips ended 0.51 percent lower at 987.81 points, down from the session high of 995.72 points.
Decliners outnumbered advancers by roughly two-to-one, while volumes were good.
The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index finished up 6.1 points, or 0.18 percent, at 3,308.5.
The All-share index closed at 10971.3 points, down 11.72 or 0.11 percent.
The All Gold index closed at 2652.24 points, up 41.89 or 1.60 percent, while the Industrial index closed at 7215.03 points, up 23.59 or 0.33 percent.