Here is how major stock markets outside the United States ended on Tuesday.
Miners Anglo-American, Rio Tinto and Antofagasta rose as copper prices hit record highs, while gold spiked above $500 an ounce for the first time in 18 years.
The FTSEurofirst 300 index closed 0.23 percent higher at 1,242.64 points. The index fell 0.7 percent on Monday, when it failed to hold onto a 3-1/2 year high.
The All Gold index closed at 2300.62 points, down 44.66 or 1.90 percent, while the Industrial index closed at 12191.62 points, down 116.23 or 0.94 percent.