Here is how major stock markets outside the United States ended on Tuesday.
The FTSEurofirst 300 index closed down 4 points or 0.3 percent at 1,188.7, after earlier inching up towards three-year highs before US markets opened. The Dow Jones industrial average in New York was 74 points weaker at 1615 GMT after a disappointing outlook from retail giant Wal-Mart, a mixed bag of inflation data and a lower-than-expected rise in US industrial production last month.