Here is how major stock markets outside the United States ended on Tuesday.
Results will top the agenda on Wednesday, with software giant SAP unveiling earnings while Sanofi-Aventis reports sales. Shares in SAP gained 1.7 percent.
The FTSEurofirst index of European blue chips ended 0.66 percent stronger at 1,054.51 points. A rally in US stocks fed gains in Europe.
The All-share index closed at 12,517.66 points, down 12.64 or 0.10 percent. The All Gold index closed at 1,571.62 points, down 34.68 or 2.16 percent, while the Industrial index closed at 9,340.08 points, down 24.19 or 0.26 percent.