European markets were mixed and Asian shares mostly fell Tuesday after U.S. stocks pulled away from their record heights.

The futures for the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average were up less than 0.1 per cent.

In Germany, the DAX gained 0.5 per cent to 24,154.07, while the CAC 40 in Paris slipped 0.2 per cent to 8,089.65. Britain’s FTSE 100 was nearly unchanged at 9,640.58.

In Asian trading, Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 index was the main outlier, gaining 0.1 per cent to 50,655.10.

Chinese markets declined as investors watched for news from the Central Economic Work Conference, an annual planning meeting of the ruling Communist Party’s leadership.

Hong Kong’s Hang Seng lost 1.3 per cent to 24,434.23, while the Shanghai Composite index shed 0.4 per cent to 3,909.52.

In South Korea, the

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