Major stock markets outside the United States ended on Monday.
Miner Anglo American shed 2.9 percent and bid target Rio Tinto lost 3.5 percent, tracking lower metal prices, while oil firms also stayed in the red as crude oil prices slid to five-week lows.
The pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index closed 0.4 percent lower at 1,520.6, after gaining about 4 percent in the last three sessions. The index is up 2.5 percent so far this year.
The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index inched up 0.4 point to 6,533.5, after rising a total of 2.6 percent in the previous two sessions.
The All Gold index closed at 2,575.43 points, down 48.95 or 1.87 percent, while the Industrial index closed at 21,077.31 points, down 1.54 or 0.01 percent.