Here is how major stock markets outside the United States ended on Tuesday.
UK drinks group Diageo also weighed as it warned that first-half sales and profit growth may fall short of forecasts due to disruptions caused by US hurricanes, while Altana tumbled after a drug application withdrawal.
The FTSEurofirst 300 index of pan European blue chips closed 0.4 percent lower at 1,234.08 points, down from a 3 1/2 year high of 1,242.88 set on Monday.
The All Gold index closed at 2,229.47 points, down 24.72 or 1.10 percent, while the Industrial index closed at 12,527.63 points, down 42.8 or 0.34 percent.