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• Europe markets opened mixed on Tuesday morning, on the back of a record-setting session on Wall Street amid heightened expectations U.S. lawmakers could pass sweeping tax legislation.

The pan-European Stoxx 600 was little changed shortly after the opening bell, with sectors and major bourses pointing in opposite directions.

• Asian stocks advanced on Tuesday after a record-setting session on Wall Street on bets that U.S. lawmakers would pass sweeping tax legislation, while the dollar was tentative as traders were circumspect about the bill’s economic impact.

MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan rose 0.4 percent.

• Japanese stocks eased on Tuesday in choppy trade as construction shares extended a punishing sell-off as some of the firms were embroiled in a bid-rigging scandal.

The Nikkei ended 0.2 percent lower at 22,868.00 after opening up 0.3 percent.

• China stocks ended higher on Tuesday, reflecting strength in Asian markets after a record-breaking performance on Wall Street buoyed by expectations of imminent tax reforms.

At the close, the Shanghai Composite index was up 28.76 points or 0.88 percent at 3,296.68