U.K.'s benchmark stock index flirted with a more than 12-year high on Tuesday, with mining firms recouping parts of the prior day's losses and Capita PLC rallying after contract news.

Australian stocks declined, and Hong Kong equities snapped a three-day winning run on Tuesday, weighed by overnight losses on Wall Street and uncertainty over U.S. monetary policy.

Mondi PLC (MNDI.LN), a packaging and paper group, Tuesday announced the appointment of Tshamano Mohau Frederik Phaswana as joint chairman with effect from June 1.