Tuesday was a remarkable day in markets — not so much for the overall movement in the major indexes, but what happened ...

In Europe, the Stoxx Europe 600 declined 0.3% in morning trading. ConvaTec Group added 5.4% and SFS Group rose 2.6%. On the other hand, Alcon sunk 10.8%, and K+S slipped 3.4%. The FTSE 100 lost 0.1%.

Shares of Laopu Gold keep marching higher, as a robust set of earnings firms investors' conviction in the jewelry brand that's won over Chinese consumers.